Zograf Monastery

Zografou
Ζωγράφου
External view of the monastery.
Zograf Monastery is located in Mount Athos
Zograf Monastery
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full nameHoly Monastery of Zografou
OrderEcumenical Patriarchate
EstablishedLate 9th or early 10th century, 919 in some sources
Dedicated toSaint George
DioceseMount Athos
People
Founder(s)Moses, Aaron and John (all from Ohrid)
PriorArchimandrite Elder Ambrosius
Site
LocationMount Athos, Greece
Coordinates40°18′21″N 24°09′37″E / 40.30583°N 24.16028°E / 40.30583; 24.16028
Public accessMen only
Other informationhttps://zograf.eu/
Websitehttps://zograf.eu/

The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery (Bulgarian: Зографски манастир; Greek: Μονή Ζωγράφου, Moní Zográphou) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos (the "Holy Mountain") in Greece. It was founded in the late 9th or early 10th century by three Bulgarians from Ohrid and is regarded as the historical Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos, and is traditionally inhabited by Bulgarian Orthodox monks.

The monastery is named after the 13th or 14th century icon of Saint George, known as Saint George the Zograf (Светѝ Гео̀рги Зогра̀ф). The name of the latter comes from the belief that the icon mysteriously painted itself on the prepared board (zograf(os) in Greek means "painter" (from zoe="life" and graphos="scribe").