Μονή Γρηγορίου | |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory
or Holy Monastery of Osiou Gregoriou |
Order | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
Dedicated to | Saint Nicholas |
Diocese | Mount Athos |
People | |
Founder(s) | Saint Gregory the Hesycast (Dec. 7) |
Abbot | Archimandrite Elder Christopher |
Important associated figures | Archimandrite Elder Symeon (1859-1905)
Archimandrite Elder Athanasios (1924-1937) Archimandrite Elder George Kapsanis (1974-2014) |
Site | |
Location | Mount Athos, Greece |
Coordinates | 40°10′45″N 24°15′20″E / 40.1793°N 24.2555°E |
The Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Οσίου Γρηγορίου), also known as Gregoriou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Γρηγορίου) is an Orthodox Christian monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The Monastery ranks seventeenth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It is built by the sea, on the southeastern side of the peninsula, neighboring the monasteries of Simonopetras and Dionysiou. Gregoriou is very much a pilgrim friendly monastery with a strong sense of pastoral care. Pilgrim visitors are numerous and well provided for. The Monastery is completely girt by the sea, built on a corner of land jutting into the sea, with only steep craggy rocks backed up behind it.