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”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Athos Cave and Anacopia Fortress.

Cave
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The also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst in the in near the city of . is situated 1 km west of New Athos Monastery.

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Anakopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in in the disputed Abkhazia, located some 22 km by road along the coast from . is situated 1¼ km northwest of New Athos Monastery.

Peak
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or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in , , . There are ruins of the ancient capital of Abkhazia, Anakopia, on the mountain top.

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 Municipality of situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the . The town was previously known under the greek names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and later Psyrtskha. is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.

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
Inception
1883
Open location code
8HM23RQC+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203786494
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landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
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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”
  • Belarusian: “Сімона-Кананіцкі мужчынскі 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: “Афонский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Ново-афонский монастырь”
  • 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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