Koutloumousiou Monastery

The Koutloumousiou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) or Koutloumousi (Κουτλουμούσι) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks sixth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.

Koutloumousiou Monastery
Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου
Interior of the monastery.
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full nameHoly Monastery of Koutloumousiou
OrderEcumenical Patriarchate
Dedicated toTransfiguration of the Saviour
DioceseMount Athos
PriorArchimandrite Elder Nikolaos
Site
LocationMount Athos, Greece
Coordinates40.2536°N 24.2472°E / 40.2536; 24.2472
Public accessMen only

The monastery was raised with the help of voivodes Nicolae Alexandru Basarab and Vladislav Vlaicu from Wallachia, while other Wallachian voivodes contributed with substantial financial donations (Mircea cel Bătrân, Laiotă Basarab, Basarab cel Tânăr, Vlad al IV-lea Călugărul, Vlad al VI-lea Înecatul, Vlad al VII-lea Vintilă, Radu cel Mare, Neagoe Basarab.).[1]

Among the treasures of the monastery is the purported largest relic of the True Cross.

The monastery's library contains 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books.

It has 26 working monks.

  • Olive trees near the monastery
  • The church of the monastery
  • Church detail
  • Courtyard detail

References
  1. http://www.mountathos.gr/active.aspx?mode=en{58c89da4-f6e0-4e21-8c4b-70308d98a2c1}View Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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.

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