New Athos Monastery

New Athos Monastery is a monastery in , municipality of , in a breakaway republic of . New Athos Monastery was founded in 1875 by monks who came from the in , with Mount Athos having been an important site for the Orthodox Church since 1054.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: orthodox monastery in New Athos, Georgia (Abkhazia)
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Afon”, “Афонский монастырь”, “Ацҳаражәҳәаҩ Симон Канатәи иберҭыԥ Афон Ҿыц аҟны”, “Ново-афонский монастырь”, and “Сімона-Кананіцкі мужчынскі манастыр”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: New Athos Cave and Anakopia Fortress.

Cave
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The also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave… is situated 1 km west of New Athos Monastery.

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is an ancient military citadel… is situated 1¼ km northwest of New Athos Monastery.

Peak
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or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Athos and Tsukwara.

Photo: Svetlana Grechkina, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta…

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km west of New Athos Monastery.

New Athos Monastery

Latitude
43.08815° or 43° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
40.82105° or 40° 49′ 16″ east
Established
1883
Open location code
8HM23RQC+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203786494
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1996781
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Ukrainian—“New Athos Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Афон Ҿыцтәи аберҭыԥ”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Աֆոնի վանք”
  • Bashkir: “Яңы Афон монастыры”
  • Basque: “Athos Berriko monasterioa”
  • Belarusian: “Новаатонскі манастыр”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Novo Athos”
  • Czech: “Novoathoský klášter”
  • Georgian: “ახალი ათონის მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა მოციქული სვიმონ კანანელის მონასტერი ახალ ათონზე”
  • German: “Kloster Nowy Afon”
  • Mingrelian: “ახალი ათონიშ ოხიდა”
  • Polish: “Nowy Athos”
  • Polish: “Nowy Aton”
  • Russian: “Ново-Афонский Симоно-Кананитский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Новоафонский монастырь”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Novi Afon”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Afon Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Новоафонський монастир св. Пантелеймона”
  • Ukrainian: “Новоафонський монастир”

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