Gregoriou Monastery

Gregoriou Monastery
Μονή Γρηγορίου
View of the monastery from sea level.
Gregoriou Monastery is located in Mount Athos
Gregoriou Monastery
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full nameHoly Monastery of Saint Gregory

or

Holy Monastery of Osiou Gregoriou
OrderEcumenical Patriarchate
Dedicated toSaint Nicholas
DioceseMount Athos
People
Founder(s)Saint Gregory the Hesycast (Dec. 7)
AbbotArchimandrite Elder Christopher
Important associated figuresArchimandrite Elder Symeon (1859-1905)

Archimandrite Elder Athanasios (1924-1937)

Archimandrite Elder George Kapsanis (1974-2014)
Site
LocationMount Athos, Greece
Coordinates40°10′45″N 24°15′20″E / 40.1793°N 24.2555°E / 40.1793; 24.2555

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.