Karakallou Monastery

The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in . It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Karakalou monastery”, “Karakalou Monastery”, “Karyaes”, “Moní Karakála”, “Moni Karakallou”, “Moní Karakállou”, and “Moní Karakálou”
  • Address: Άγιο Όρος

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iviron monastery and Tower of Morfonou.

Monastery
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The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the in northern . The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983. is situated 3 km northwest of Karakallou Monastery.

Tower
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is situated 3 km southeast of Karakallou Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Provata and Philotheou monastery.

Locality
is an area of that belongs to the Monastery of . It is close to the Monastery of Karakallou. This is where many people place the Skete of Glossia, which flourished in the 14th century.

Locality
Photo: Στάθης Κουτσιαύτης, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in . It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula.

Hamlet
Lakkoskiti is the short name of a small monastic village of no more than 15 houses consisting of the idiorrhythmic skete of Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou. is situated 3½ km south of Karakallou Monastery.

Karakallou Monastery

Latitude
40.2238° or 40° 13′ 26″ north
Longitude
24.30947° or 24° 18′ 34″ east
Population
50
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
Open location code
8GG668F5+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
735993
Wiki­data ID
Q967055
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Karakallou Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Karakallou-klooster”
  • Bulgarian: “Каракал”
  • Chinese: “卡拉卡拉修道院”
  • Dutch: “Karakalou monastery”
  • Finnish: “Karákalloksen luostari”
  • French: “monastère de Karakallou”
  • French: “Monastère de Karakallou”
  • Georgian: “კარაკალას მონასტერი”
  • German: “Karakalou”
  • German: “Kloster Karakallou”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Καρακάλλου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Καρακάλλου”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Karakalou”
  • Korean: “카라칼루 수도원”
  • Latin: “Monasterium Caracalli”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Karakalu”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Caracalu”
  • Russian: “Каракал”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Каракал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Karakal”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Karakal”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Karakallou”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Karakalos”
  • Turkish: “Karakalou Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Каракал”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Karakallou”
  • Western Frisian: “Karakallou-kleaster”

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