It is built by the sea, between the monasteries of Docheiariou
and St Panteleimonos,
and is dedicated to St George. The Katholicon is built in the early 18th c. and
has no frescoes. In the old Katholicon, there are remarkable frescoes of the Cretan
painter Antonius (1544) as well as the wooden-curved templum of the 17th c. The
monastery possesses 14 chapels, 8 of which are inside the monastery.
The monastery is mentioned for the first time in the last quarter
of the 11th c. Its period of prosperity is interrupted by the fall of Constantinople.
Afterwards, the monastery is alternatively destroyed and rebuilt with the financial
aid from the rulers of eastern Europe.
Among the heirlooms of the monastery, the most prized are the two
mosaic icons with the Transfiguration of Christ, ecclesiastical vessels and others.
In the library there are 300 manuscripts, various documents and over 4,000 books.
The monastery is inhabited by a brotherhood of 35 monks.
Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Monuments
Art & culture
On site monuments
Monastery: Late Byzantine period, AD 1204-1453
Churches: Late Byzantine period, AD 1204-1453Post-Byzantine period, 1453-1821
Frescoes
Cultural Heritage
World Heritage Monument (UNESCO)
Executives & Departments
Archaeological service:, 10th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, Agion Oros Office, Karyes, Tel.: 23770 24015, Fax: 23770 24015, Email: Requires Login as Tourism Professional
Information office, Representation, Tel.: 23770 23933
