Xeropotamou Monastery
Xeropotamou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, in the middle side of peninsula. The monastery ranks eighth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Locality with 40 residents
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Address: Άγιο Όρος
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skete of the Annunciation and Protaton.
Skete of the Annunciation
Church
Photo: Florificapis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Skete of the Annunciation of the Theotokos is a skete of the Monastery of Xenophontos, on Mount Athos, Greece. The skete was founded in 1766 by the hieromonk Sylvester, and the monks Efrem and Agapios. Skete of the Annunciation is situated 3 km northwest of Xeropotamou Monastery.
Protaton
Church
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Protaton, also known as the Dormition of the Theotokos Church, is the main church of Karyes, Mount Athos. It also serves as the ecclesiastical seat of the Protos, or the primate of the monastic community of Mount Athos. Protaton is situated 4 km northeast of Xeropotamou Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dafni and Agiou Panteleimonos monastery.
Dafni
Hamlet
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dafni is a small settlement on Mount Athos. It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between Xeropotamou Monastery and Simonopetra Monastery.
Agiou Panteleimonos monastery
Locality
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Panteleimon Monastery, also known as Rossikon or New Russik, is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos, located on the southwestern side of the peninsula of the North Aegean region of Greece.
Koutloumousiou monastery
Locality
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Koutloumousiou Monastery or Koutloumousi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It is connected with Karyes by the Koutloumousiou Bridge. Koutloumousiou monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Xeropotamou Monastery.
Xeropotamou Monastery
- Category: monastery
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.22873° or 40° 13′ 43″ northLongitude
24.22126° or 24° 13′ 17″ eastPopulation
40Open location code
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denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q849348
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Xeropotamou Monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Xeropotamou-klooster”
- Bulgarian: “Ксиропотам”
- Bulgarian: “Манастир Ксиропотам”
- Chinese: “克赛罗波塔莫修道院”
- Dutch: “Xeropotamou Monastery”
- Finnish: “Xiropótamoksen luostari”
- French: “monastère de Xeropotamou”
- French: “Monastère de Xeropotamou”
- Georgian: “ქსეროპოტამის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Xeropotamou”
- German: “Kloster Xiropotamou”
- German: “Xeropotamou”
- German: “Xiropotamou”
- Greek: “Μονή Ξηροποτάμου”
- Hungarian: “Xiropotámu kolostor”
- Italian: “Monastero di Xeropotamou”
- Italian: “Monastero di Xiropotamou”
- Korean: “크세로포타무 수도원”
- Korean: “크시로포타무 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Xeropotami”
- Polish: “Klasztor Kseropotamou”
- Polish: “Klasztor Kseropotamu”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Xiropotamu”
- Russian: “Ксиропотам”
- Serbian: “Manastir Ksiropotam”
- Serbian: “Манастир Ксиропотам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Ksiropotam”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Ksiropotam”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Xiropotamo”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Xiropotamou”
- Ukrainian: “Ксеропотаму”
- Ukrainian: “Ксиропотам”
- Ukrainian: “Ксиропотаму”
- Ukrainian: “Ксиропотому”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Ксиропотаму”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Ксіропотам”
- Western Frisian: “Kseropotamou-kleaster”
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