Karakallou Monastery
The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Karakalou Monastery”, “Karyaes”, “Moní Karakála”, “Moni Karakallou”, “Moní Karakállou”, and “Moní Karakálou”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Provata and Philotheou monastery.
Provata
Locality
Provata is an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra. It is close to the Monastery of Karakallou. This is where many people place the Skete of Glossia, which flourished in the 14th century.
Philotheou monastery
Locality
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Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula.
Karakallou Monastery
- 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—“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”
- 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”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Каракал”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Karakallou”
- Western Frisian: “Karakallou-kleaster”
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