The Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: แฅแแ แแแแแแ แแแแแกแขแแ แ, romanized: kartvelta monast'eri; Greek: ฮฮฟฮฝฮฎ ฮฮฒฮฎฯฯฮฝ, romanized: Monแธ Ivirลn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece.
History
The monastery was built under the supervision of two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike between AD 980โ83 and housed Georgian clergy and priests. It was founded on the site of the former Monastery of Clement. John the Iberian was appointed as the abbot of the newly founded monastery in 980. In 1005, Euthymius the Iberian became the secondary abbot of Iviron Monastery.[1] In Greek, Iviron literally means "of the Iberians". The monastery ranks third in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.[2]
Notable people
- John Tornike (died 985)
- John the Iberian (died c. 1002)
- Euthymius of Athos (c. 955-1028)
- George the Hagiorite (1009-1065)
- Archimandrite Averchie (1806/1818โ?), Aromanian monk and schoolteacher
Gallery
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View of the main monastery complex -
View of the sea
References
- ^ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. pp. 52โ53. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.
- ^ "The administration of Mount Athos". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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