Information about Mount Athos Halkidiki Greece

Monastery Xiropotamou

Monastery-Xeropotamou

The monastery is in the middle of the athonite peninsula, on the way from Daphne to Karyes and is dedicated to the 40 Martyrs.

The monastery is in the middle of the athonite peninsula, on the way from Daphne to Karies and is dedicated to the 40 Martyrs. The Katholicon was built in 1761 by the monk Caesarius Daponte and decorated with frescoes in 1783. The monastery has several chapels and a few kellia.

The monastery was founded in the end of 10th c., possibly by the monk Pavlos Xeropotaminos, and prospered till the Frankish conquest, when it is attacked and sacked by pirates. In the late Byzantine period it is financially supported by the Paleologan dynasty as well as Serbian rulers.

After the fall of Byzantium, the Turkish raids, and two destructive fires in 1507 and 1609, cause serious damages to the monastery.

The monastery owns a rich collection of heirlooms, the most outstanding of which, is the largest in the world piece of the Christ’s Cross, as well as a small round steatite icon, known as the Pulcheria Disk.

The library contains about 400 manuscripts and 4,000 books. The monastery is inhabited by a brotherhood of 30 monks.

See also

Monastery-Grigoriou

Monastery Osiou Grigoriou

The monastery is built by the sea, in the S.W. side of the peninsula, between the monasteries of Dionysiou and Simonopetra

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Monastery-Vatopedi

Monastery Vatopediou

The monastery was built during the second half of the 10th century, by three monks, Athanasius, Nicholas and Antonius from Adrinople

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Monastery Karakallou

Monastery Karakallou

The monastery is situated between the monasteries of Great Lavra and Iviron, on a slope by the sea and is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

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