Philotheou Monastery
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.Photo: Στάθης Κουτσιαύτης, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Filotheou monastery”, “Mone Filotheou”, “Moni Filotheou”, and “Moni Philotheou”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iviron monastery and Karakallou Monastery.
Iviron monastery
Monastery
Photo: CosmoSolomon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983. Iviron monastery is situated 2½ km north of Philotheou Monastery.
Karakallou Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Karakallou Monastery is situated 1½ km east of Philotheou Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Provata and Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.
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. Provata is situated 2½ km southeast of Philotheou Monastery.
Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou
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. Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou is situated 4½ km southeast of Philotheou Monastery.
Philotheou Monastery
- Category: religion
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Philotheou Monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Filotheou-klooster”
- Bulgarian: “Филотеев манастир”
- Bulgarian: “Филотей”
- Chinese: “菲洛塞奥斯修道院”
- Dutch: “Philotheou monastery”
- Finnish: “Filótheoksen luostari”
- Finnish: “Philoteou”
- French: “monastère de Philotheou”
- French: “Monastère de Philotheou”
- Georgian: “ფილოთეის მონასტერი”
- German: “Filotheou”
- Greek: “Moní Filothéou”
- Greek: “Μονή Φιλοθέου”
- Greek: “Φιλοθέου”
- Italian: “Monastero di Philotheou”
- Korean: “필로테우 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Philothei”
- Macedonian: “Филотеј”
- Polish: “Klasztor Filoteu”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Filoteu”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Filoteu”
- Russian: “Филофей”
- Serbian: “Манастир Филотеј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Filotej”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Filotej”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Filoteo”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Filotheou”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Філофей”
- Western Frisian: “Filoteou-kleaster”
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