Docheiariou

The Docheiariou monastery (Greek: Μονή Δοχειαρίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece.

Docheiariou

Δοχειαρίου
External view of the monastery.
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full name	Holy Monastery of Docheiariou
Dedicated to	Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Diocese	Mount Athos
People
Founder(s)	Blessed Euthymius
Prior	Archimandrite Elder Amfilochios
Site
Location	Mount Athos, Greece
Coordinates	40°15′59″N 24°10′24″E
Public access	Men only

The Panagia Gorgoepikoos Church [bg] is located in the monastery complex.

History

It was founded during the late 10th or early 11th century, and is dedicated to the memory of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. It celebrates its patronal feastday on November 8 (21, Gregorian style).

By the end of the 15th century according to the Russian pilgrim Isaiah, the monastery was Serb.^[1]

In 1979, Docheiariou became a cenobitic monastery when Elder Gregorios (d. 22 October 2018^[2][3]) arrived at Docheiariou from Missolonghi with a group of ten monks.^[4]

The monastery also houses the icon of the Virgin "Gorgoepikoos" or "She who is Quick to Hear [Prayers]". The monastery ranks tenth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. The library holds 545 manuscripts, 62 of which are on parchment, and more than 5,000 printed books. In 2011 Docheiariou had 53 monks.

References

1. 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. Zographou, Kastamonitou (see fig. 58), Xeropotamou, Koutloumousiou, Xenophontos, Iveron and Protaton he mentions without any designation; while Lavra, Vatopedi (see fig. 59), Pantokratoros, and Stavronikita (which had been recently founded by the patriarch Jeremiah I) he names specifically as being Greek (see map 6)
2. "Отошёл ко Господу игумен Дохиара геронда Григорий (Зумис)". 2018-10-23. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
3. "Εκοιμήθη ο Ηγούμενος της Ι.Μ. Δοχειαρίου Γέροντας Γρηγόριος" (in Greek). 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
4. Dorobantu, Marius (2017-08-28). Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos (Master's thesis). Nijmegen: Radboud University. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

External links

Media related to Dochiariou monastery at Wikimedia Commons

• Dochiariou monastery at the Mount Athos website
• Greek Ministry of Culture: Holy Monastery of Docheiariou