Pantokratoros Monastery
Pantokratoros Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and is dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord.Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: 7th monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Pantokrator Monastery”, “Pantokratoros monastery”, and “Ιερά Πατριαρχική και Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή Παντοκράτορος”
- Address: Άγιο Όρος
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bogoroditsa Skete and Protaton.
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 2½ km west of Pantokratoros 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 3½ km southwest of Pantokratoros Monastery.
Skete of Saint Panteleimon
Church
The Skete of Saint Panteleimon 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 Mount Athos, Greece. Skete of Saint Panteleimon is situated 3½ km south of Pantokratoros Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skete of Prophet Elijah and Stavronikita monastery.
Skete of Prophet Elijah
Locality
Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Stavronikita monastery
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stavronikita Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, 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.
Pantokratoros Monastery
- Categories: eastern orthodox monastery and religion
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.28359° or 40° 17′ 1″ northLongitude
24.26674° or 24° 16′ 0″ eastPopulation
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Q1059902
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Pantokratoros Monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pantokratoros-klooster”
- Basque: “Pantokratoros monasterioa”
- Bulgarian: “Манастир Пантократор”
- Bulgarian: “Пантократор”
- Chinese: “潘多克拉托罗斯修道院”
- Dutch: “Pantokratoros monastery”
- Finnish: “Pantokrátorin luostari”
- French: “Monastere de Pantocrator”
- French: “Monastère de Pantocrator”
- French: “monastère du Pantocrator”
- French: “Monastère du Pantocrator”
- Georgian: “პანტოკრატორის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Pantokratoros”
- German: “Moni Pantokratoros”
- German: “Pantokrator-Kloster”
- German: “Pantokratoros”
- Greek: “Μονή Παντοκράτορα”
- Greek: “Μονή Παντοκράτορος”
- Italian: “Monastero di Pandokratoros”
- Italian: “Monastero di Pantocrator”
- Italian: “Monastero di Pantokratoros”
- Korean: “판토크라토로스 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Pantocratoris”
- Polish: “Klasztor Pantokratora”
- Polish: “Klasztor Pantokratoros”
- Portuguese: “Monastério de Pantokratoros”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Pantokratoros”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro do Pantocrator”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Pantocrator”
- Russian: “Пантократор”
- Serbian: “Manastir Pantokrator”
- Serbian: “Манастир Пантократор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Pantokrator”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Pantokrator”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Pantocrátor”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Pantokratoros”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Пантократор”
- Ukrainian: “Пантократор”
- Western Frisian: “Pantokratoros-kleaster”
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