Iviron monastery
The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983.Photo: CosmoSolomon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Iviron Monastery” and “Monastery of Iviron”
- Address: Άγιο Όρος
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karakallou Monastery and Skete of Saint Panteleimon.
Karakallou Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. Karakallou Monastery is situated 3 km southeast of Iviron 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 2½ km west of Iviron 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 west of Iviron monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Philotheou monastery and Stavronikita monastery.
Philotheou monastery
Locality
Photo: Στάθης Κουτσιαύτης, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula.
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. Stavronikita monastery is situated 2½ km north of Iviron monastery.
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 west of Iviron monastery.
Iviron monastery
- Categories: eastern orthodox monastery and religion
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.24553° or 40° 14′ 44″ northLongitude
24.28494° or 24° 17′ 6″ eastPopulation
35Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8GG667WM+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 536641209OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q853354
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Iviron monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Iviron-klooster”
- Armenian: “Իվերական վանք”
- Azerbaijani: “İveron monastırı”
- Bulgarian: “Иверски манастир”
- Bulgarian: “Ивирон”
- Catalan: “Monestir d’Ivíron”
- Catalan: “Monestir dels Ibers”
- Chinese: “伊维龙修道院”
- Czech: “Iviron”
- Dutch: “Iviron monastery”
- Dutch: “Ivironklooster”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Iviron”
- Finnish: “Iviron”
- Finnish: “Ivironin luostari”
- Finnish: “Ivíronin luostari”
- French: “Iviron”
- French: “Monastere d’Iveron”
- French: “monastère d’Iveron”
- French: “Monastère d’Iveron”
- Georgian: “ათონის ივერთა მონასტერი”
- Georgian: “ივერიის მონასტერი”
- German: “Iviron”
- German: “Kloster Iviron”
- Greek: “Ιβήρων”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Ιβήρων”
- Greek: “Μονή Ιβήρων”
- Hebrew: “מנזר איווירון”
- Hebrew: “מנזר איווריון”
- Hebrew: “מנזר האיברים”
- Hebrew: “מנזר קולובוס”
- Italian: “Iviron”
- Italian: “Monastero di Iviron”
- Japanese: “イヴィロン修道院”
- Korean: “이비론 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Iberorum”
- Lithuanian: “Ivironas”
- Lithuanian: “Ivirono vienuolynas”
- Macedonian: “Иверски манастир”
- Macedonian: “Иврион”
- Polish: “Klasztor Iwiron”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Iviron”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Iviru”
- Russian: “Афонский Иверский монастырь”
- Russian: “Иверон”
- Russian: “Иверская Афонская обитель”
- Russian: “Иверский монастырь”
- Russian: “Ивирон”
- Serbian: “Manastir Iviron”
- Serbian: “Манастир Ивирон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Iviron”
- Slovak: “Iberon”
- Slovak: “Ibérón”
- Slovak: “Ibiron”
- Slovak: “Ibirón”
- Slovak: “Iveron”
- Slovak: “Iviron”
- Slovak: “Monastier Iviron”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Iviron”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Iviron”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Ivrion”
- Turkish: “İviron Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Іверський монастир”
- Ukrainian: “Івірон”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Івірон”
- Western Frisian: “Iviron-kleaster”
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