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Mount Athos

The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks living on the in . The monastic community enjoys autonomous self-government within the borders of the Athos peninsula.
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  • Type: State with 1,750 residents
  • Description: community of monks on the Mount Athos peninsula - autonomous part of the Greek state
  • Also known as: “monastic community of Mount Athos” and “Monastic community of Mount Athos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Protaton and Skete of Saint Panteleimon.

Church
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The , also known as the Dormition of the Theotokos Church, is the main church of . It also serves as the ecclesiastical seat of the Protos, or the primate of the monastic community of Mount Athos.

Church
The or Skete of Agiou Panteleimonos, not to be confused with the monastery of the same name, some kilometres away, is a skete of the Koutloumousiou monastery in , .

Monastery
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is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of in . It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and is dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iviron monastery and Karyes.

Locality
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The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern . The monastery was built under the supervision of two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983.

Town
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is a settlement in of the Athonite monastic community. The 2021 Greek census reported a population of 135 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in Mount Athos.

Locality
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Saint Panteleimon Monastery, also known as Rossikon or New Russik, is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on , located on the southwestern side of the peninsula of the region of .

Mount Athos

Latitude
40.2318° or 40° 13′ 55″ north
Longitude
24.2582° or 24° 15′ 30″ east
Population
1,750
Open location code
8GG667J5+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13319072699
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Wiki­data ID
Q780149
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Athos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم جبل آثوس”
  • Arpitan: “Rèpublica monastica du Mont Atos”
  • Breton: “Stad manac’hel emren Menez Athos”
  • Bulgarian: “Монашеска република Света гора”
  • Bulgarian: “Света гора”
  • Catalan: “República monàstica del Mont Atos”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Athos (rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Athos”
  • Chinese: “聖山”
  • Chinese: “阿索斯山修道院共同體”
  • Czech: “Athos”
  • Czech: “Mnišská komunita na hoře Athos”
  • Czech: “Mnišská republika Athos”
  • Czech: “Mnišský stát Athos”
  • Dutch: “Monastieke gemeenschap van de Heilige Berg”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Monaĥa Ŝtato de la Sankta Monto Athos”
  • Finnish: “Athos”
  • French: “Communauté monastique du mont Athos”
  • French: “République monastique du mont Athos”
  • Galician: “Monte Athos”
  • Georgian: “ათონის მთის სამონასტრო რესპუბლიკა”
  • German: “Athos”
  • German: “Autonome Mönchsrepublik Athos”
  • Greek: “Άγιο Όρος”
  • Greek: “Άγιον Όρος”
  • Greek: “Αθωνική Πολιτεία”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη Μοναστική Πολιτεία Αγἰου Όρους”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη Μοναστική Πολιτεία Αγίου Όρους”
  • Hungarian: “Athosz-hegyi Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Hegyi Autonóm Kolostorköztársaság”
  • Italian: “Aftónomī Monastikī Politía Agíou Órous”
  • Italian: “Monte Athos”
  • Italian: “Stato Monastico Autonomo del Monte Athos”
  • Italian: “Αυτόνομη Μοναστική Πολιτεία Αγίου Όρους”
  • Japanese: “アトス自治修道士共和国”
  • Korean: “아토스산 수도원 공화국”
  • Korean: “아토스산 수도원 자치주”
  • Kurdish: “civata rahîban a Çiyayê Athosê”
  • Latin: “Athos”
  • Lithuanian: “Atonas (Graikija)”
  • Lithuanian: “Atonas”
  • Lombard: “Mont Athos”
  • Macedonian: “Монашка Република Света Гора”
  • Macedonian: “Света Гора”
  • Malayalam: “മൗണ്ട് ആഥോസ്”
  • Northern Frisian: “Moonkrepubliik Athos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Athos”
  • Polish: “Athos”
  • Romanian: “Comunitatea Monastică a Muntelui Athos”
  • Romanian: “Comunitatea Monastică din Muntele Athos”
  • Romanian: “Republica Monastică de la Muntele Athos”
  • Romanian: “Unitatea teritorială autonomă Muntele Athos”
  • Russian: “Автономное монашеское государство Святой Горы”
  • Russian: “Айон-Орос”
  • Russian: “Афон”
  • Russian: “Святая Гора”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sveta Gora”
  • Slovenian: “Meniška skupnost na gori Atos”
  • Slovenian: “samostanska skupnost gore Atos”
  • Spanish: “Comunidad monástica del Monte Athos”
  • Swahili: “jumuiya ya watawa ya Mlima Athos”
  • Tatar: “Афон тавы кәшишханәләре автоном территориясе”
  • Ukrainian: “Άγιον Όρος”
  • Ukrainian: “Айон-Орос”
  • Ukrainian: “Свята Гора Афон”
  • Venetian: “Mónte Athos”
  • Vietnamese: “Aghio Oros”
  • Western Armenian: “Այիոս Օրոսի ինքնիշխան վանական համայնք”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿索斯山”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖山”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Timios Prodromos of Iveron Skete and Σκήτη Αγίου Παντελεήμονα Κουτλουμουσίου.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The cave of the monk Gabriel of mount Athos and Τσούκα (κεραία).

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