Vatopedi monastery
The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th and 19th centuries.Photo: Asgozzi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 121 residents
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Vatopedi”, “Vatopedi Monastery”, and “Vatopediou Monastery, Mount Athos”
- Address: Άγιο Όρος
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bogoroditsa Skete.
Bogoroditsa Skete
Church
Bogoroditsa is a skete of the Agiou Panteleimonos monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos, Greece. It is inhabited by Bulgarian monks and it follows the coenobitic way of monastic life. Bogoroditsa Skete is situated 3½ km southeast of Vatopedi monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zograf Monastery and Skete of Prophet Elijah.
Zograf Monastery
Locality
Photo: Georgid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in the North Aegean region of Greece. Zograf Monastery is situated 4½ km west of Vatopedi monastery.
Skete of Prophet Elijah
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Skete of Prophet Elijah is a cenobitic skete of Pantokratoros monastery in Mount Athos, Greece. It was founded in 1759 by Paisius Velichkovsky, a Ukrainian monk from Poltava. Skete of Prophet Elijah is situated 5 km southeast of Vatopedi monastery.
Kapsala
Locality
Kapsala is a settlement in Mount Athos, Greece. Kapsala is situated 6 km southeast of Vatopedi monastery.
Vatopedi monastery
- Categories: eastern orthodox monastery and monastery
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.31418° or 40° 18′ 51″ northLongitude
24.21183° or 24° 12′ 43″ eastPopulation
121Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8GG68676+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 303639835OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q911432
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Vatopedi monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vatopedi-klooster”
- Arabic: “دير فاتوبيدي”
- Bulgarian: “Ватопед”
- Bulgarian: “Ватопедски манастир”
- Bulgarian: “Манастир Ватопед”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Vatopedi”
- Chinese: “瓦托派季乌修道院”
- Czech: “Vatopedi”
- Dutch: “Vatopedi monastery”
- Finnish: “Vatopédin luostari”
- French: “Monastere de Vatopedi”
- French: “monastère de Vatopedi”
- French: “Monastère de Vatopedi”
- French: “Vatopedi”
- Georgian: “ვათოპედის მონასტერი”
- Georgian: “ვატოპედის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Vatopedi”
- German: “Vatopedi”
- Greek: “Βατοπέδι”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Βατοπεδίου Αγίου Όρους”
- Greek: “Μονή Βατοπαιδίου”
- Greek: “Μονή Βατοπεδίου”
- Italian: “Monastero di Vatopedi”
- Italian: “Vatopedi”
- Japanese: “ヴァドペディ修道院”
- Korean: “바토페디 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Batopedium”
- Macedonian: “Ватопед”
- Polish: “Klasztor Vatopedi”
- Polish: “Klasztor Watopedi”
- Portuguese: “Monastério de Vatopedi”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Vatopedi”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Vatopedu”
- Russian: “Ватопед”
- Russian: “Ватопедский монастырь”
- Serbian: “Vatoped”
- Serbian: “Ιερα Μεγιστη Μονη Βατοπεδιου”
- Serbian: “Ватопед”
- Serbian: “Манастир Ватопед”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vatoped”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Vatoped”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Vatopedi”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Vatopediou”
- Swedish: “Vatopedi”
- Tatar: “Ватопеди кәшишханәсе”
- Ukrainian: “Ватопед”
- Ukrainian: “Ватопедський монастир”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Ватопед”
- Western Frisian: “Vatopedi-kleaster”
- Western Frisian: “Vatopedy-kleaster”
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