Great Lavra

The Monastery of Great Lavra is the first monastery built on , on the Athos peninsula in geographical , northeastern . It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of 160 metres.
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  • Type: Locality with 362 residents
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: 1st monastery of Mount Athos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Megisti Lavra” and “Monastery of Great Lavra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prodromos.

Church
Photo: Adriatikus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Skete of is a cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery. It is located in the southeastern extremity of , near the cave of Athanasios the Athonite. is situated 3 km south of Great Lavra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vigla, Mount Athos and Agios Nilos.

Locality
Vigla is a settlement in . 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. is situated 3½ km south of Great Lavra.

Hamlet
is the name of an area of that belongs to the Monastery of . 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. is situated 5 km southwest of Great Lavra.

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 6 km northwest of Great Lavra.

Great Lavra

Latitude
40.17127° or 40° 10′ 17″ north
Longitude
24.38256° or 24° 22′ 57″ east
Population
362
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
8GG659CM+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q546516
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“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”
  • 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”
  • German: “Kloster Megisti Lavras”
  • 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: “Manastir Velika Lavra”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Велика Лавра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Velika Lavra”
  • Slovenian: “Velika lavra”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de la Gran Laura”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика Лавра”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Велика Лавра”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Đại Lavra”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleaster Megisti Lavra”

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