Monastery of Great Lavra
The Monastery of Great Lavra is the first monastery built on Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in geographical Macedonia, northeastern Greece. It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of 160 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: 1st monastery of Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Great Lavra”, “Lavra”, “Megisti Lavra”, “Moní Lávras”, “Moni Megistis Lavras”, and “Moní Meyístis Lávras”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prodromos.
Prodromos
Church
Photo: Adriatikus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Skete of Prodromos is a Romanian cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery. It is located in the southeastern extremity of Mount Athos, near the cave of Athanasios the Athonite. Prodromos is situated 3 km south of Monastery of Great Lavra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vigla, Mount Athos and Agios Nilos.
Vigla, Mount Athos
Locality
Vigla is a settlement in Mount Athos. It is located at the southeastern edge of the Athos peninsula. The settlement of Vigla on the southeastern tip of the Athonite peninsula is not to be confused with Megali Vigla, a 510 metre-high peak within the Mount Athos monastic territory that is less than 1.5 km from the border with Greece. Vigla, Mount Athos is situated 3½ km south of Monastery of Great Lavra.
Agios Nilos
Hamlet
Agios Nilos is the name of an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra. It is located on the southeastern side of Mount Athos. It is named after Saint Nilos the Myrrh-streamer, who was a hermit in the cell of the Virgin Mary that now bears his name. Agios Nilos is situated 5 km southwest of Monastery of Great Lavra.
Monastery of Great Lavra
- Categories: eastern orthodox monastery and religion
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Monastery of Great Lavra” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groot Lawra”
- Albanian: “Lavraja e Madhe”
- Arabic: “دير لافرا الكبير”
- Bulgarian: “Велика лавра”
- Bulgarian: “Велика Лавра”
- Catalan: “Gran Laura”
- Catalan: “Monestir de la Gran Laura”
- Chinese: “大拉伏拉”
- Czech: “Velká lávra”
- Dutch: “Great Lavra”
- Dutch: “Megisti Lavraklooster”
- Finnish: “Suuri lavra”
- French: “monastère de la Grande-Laure de l’Athos”
- French: “Monastère de la Grande-Laure de l’Athos”
- Georgian: “ათანასეს ლავრა”
- German: “Kloster Megisti Lavra”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μεγίστης Λαύρας”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας”
- Greek: “Μεγίστη Λαύρα”
- Greek: “Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας”
- Italian: “Monastero della Grande Lavra”
- Japanese: “メギスティ・ラブラ修道院”
- Japanese: “メギスティス・ラヴラ修道院”
- Korean: “대 라브라”
- Kurdish: “Dêra Lavraya Mezin”
- Kurdish: “Dêra Megisti Lavra”
- Latin: “Monasterium Maximae Laurae”
- Macedonian: “Велика Лавра”
- Polish: “Wielka Ławra”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro da Grande Laura”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro da Grande Lavra”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Marea Lavră”
- Russian: “Великая Лавра”
- Serbian: “Манастир Велика Лавра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Velika Lavra”
- Slovenian: “Velika lavra”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de la Gran Laura”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Велика Лавра”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Đại Lavra”
- Western Frisian: “Kleaster Megisti Lavra”
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