Monastery of Iviron

The Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: ქართველთა მონასტერი, romanized: kartvelta monast'eri; Greek: Μονή Ιβήρων, romanized: Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece.

Iviron

Monastery as seen from a nearby trail
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full name	Monastery of Iviron
Order	formerly Georgian Orthodox Church now Patriarchate of Constantinople
Established	between 980-983 AD
Dedicated to	Dormition of the Theotokos
People
Founder(s)	John the Iberian and John Tornike
Prior	Archimandrite Elder Nathanael
Important associated figures	George of Athos, John Tornike, John the Iberian, Euthymius of Athos, Archimandrite Averchie
Site
Location	Mount Athos, Greece
Coordinates	40.2455°N 24.2848°E / 40.2455; 24.2848
Public access	Men only

History

The monastery was built under the supervision of two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike between AD 980–83 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 (1806/1818–?), Aromanian monk and schoolteacher

Gallery

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  View of the main monastery complex
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  View of the sea

References

1. Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.
2. "The administration of Mount Athos". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

External links

• Official website
• Iviron monastery at the Mount Athos website