Stavronikita monastery

Stavronikita Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in , dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It is built on top of a rock near the sea near the middle of the eastern shore of the Athonite Peninsula, located between the monasteries of Iviron and Pantokratoros.
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  • Type: Locality with 33 residents
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Stavronikita” and “Stavronikita Monastery”
  • Address: Άγιο Όρος

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pantokratoros Monastery and Skete of Saint Panteleimon.

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.

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 , .

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 . is situated 3 km southwest of Stavronikita monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iviron monastery and Skete of Prophet Elijah.

Locality
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The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the in northern . The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983. is situated 2½ km south of Stavronikita monastery.

Locality
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The is a cenobitic skete of Pantokratoros monastery in , . It was founded in 1759 by Paisius Velichkovsky, a Ukrainian monk from . is situated 2½ km northwest of Stavronikita monastery.

Locality
is a settlement in , . is situated 2½ km west of Stavronikita monastery.

Stavronikita monastery

Latitude
40.2681° or 40° 16′ 5″ north
Longitude
24.27742° or 24° 16′ 39″ east
Population
33
Open location code
8GG6779G+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 966638817
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Wiki­data ID
Q1141004
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Stavronikita monastery” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Stavronikita-klooster”
  • Bulgarian: “Ставроникита”
  • Chinese: “斯塔夫罗尼基塔修道院”
  • Dutch: “Stavronikita Monastery”
  • Finnish: “Stavronikítaksen luostari”
  • French: “Monastere de Stavroniketa”
  • French: “monastère de Stavroniketa”
  • French: “Monastère de Stavroniketa”
  • Georgian: “სტავრონიკიტას მონასტერი”
  • German: “Stavronikita Monastery”
  • German: “Stavronikita”
  • Greek: “Μονή Σταυρονικήτα”
  • Hungarian: “Sztavronikita kolostor”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Stavronikita”
  • Korean: “스타브로니키타 수도원”
  • Latin: “Monasterium Stauroniceta”
  • Macedonian: “Ставроникита”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Stawronikita”
  • Portuguese: “Stavronikita Monastery”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Stavronichita”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Stavronikita”
  • Russian: “Ставроникита монастырь”
  • Russian: “Ставроникита”
  • Serbian: “Manastir Stavronikita”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Ставроникита”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Stavronikita”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Stavronikita”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Stavronikita”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Ставроникита”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Ставронікіта”
  • Ukrainian: “Ставронікіта”
  • Western Frisian: “Stavronikita-kleaster”

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