Koutloumousiou
| Κουτλουμούσι | |
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Interior of the monastery. | |
  Location within Mount Athos | |
| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou |
| Order | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
| Dedicated to | Transfiguration of the Saviour |
| Diocese | Mount Athos |
| Prior | Archimandrite Elder Christodoulos |
| Site | |
| Location | Mount Athos, Greece |
| Coordinates | 40°15′13″N 24°14′50″E / 40.2536°N 24.2472°E |
| Public access | Men only |
Koutloumousiou monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks sixth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
The monastery was raised with the help of voivodes Nicolae Alexandru and Vladislav Vlaicu from Wallachia.[1]
Among the treasures of the monastery is the purported largest relic of the True Cross.
The library of monastery contains 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books.
It has 20 working monks.
Image gallery
Olive trees near the monastery
The church of the monastery
Church detail
Courtyard detail
References
A. E. Bakalopulos (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354-1833. [By] A.E. Vacalopoulos. p. 166. At the end of the 15th century, the Russian pilgrim Isaiah relates that the monks support themselves with various kinds of work including the cultivation of their vineyards....He also tells us that nearly half the monasteries are Slav or Albanian. As Serbian he instances Docheiariou, Grigoriou, Ayiou Pavlou, a monastery near Ayiou Pavlou and dedicated to St. John the Theologian (he no doubt means the monastery of Ayiou Dionysiou), and Chilandariou. Panteleïmon is Russian, Simonopetra is Bulgarian, and Karakallou and Philotheou are Albanian.
External links
- Koutloumousiou monastery at the Mount Athos website
- Greek Ministry of Culture: Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou
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Coordinates: 40°15′13″N 24°14′50″E / 40.2536°N 24.2472°E