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Saint Catherine's Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, at the foot of Mount Sinai. It was established by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century and is recognized as one of the oldest continuously functioning Christian monasteries in...
The Great Lavra is a Greek Orthodox monastery located on the southeastern tip of the Mount Athos peninsula in Greece. Founded in 963 AD by Saint Athanasius the Athonite, with financial support from the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, it holds the first place in the hierarchy of the twenty mo...
The Studenica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in central Serbia, founded around 1190 by Stefan Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia and founder of the Nemanjić dynasty. The complex contains two principal white marble churches: the Church of the Virgin, consecrated in the twelfth century, and th...
Dečani Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in the western part of Kosovo. Construction began in 1327 under King Stefan Dečanski and was completed in 1335, with the structure showcasing a blend of Byzantine and Romanesque architectural elements. The interior is noted...
Mar Saba is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery situated in the Kidron Valley of the Judean Desert, located in the West Bank. Founded in 483 AD by Saint Sabas of Cappadocia, it is recognized as one of the oldest continuously inhabited monastic communities in the world. The monastery complex is c...
Vatopedi Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in northern Greece, ranking second in the hierarchy of the twenty Athonite monasteries. Tradition attributes its founding to the late 10th century under the Byzantine emperor or figures associated with the Komnenos dynasty, and it ha...
Hilandar Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located on the eastern shore of the Athos peninsula in Greece. It was founded in 1198 by Saint Sava and his father Stefan Nemanja, the former Grand Prince of Serbia who took monastic vows under the name Simeon, after the ruler's abdication. The mona...
Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located on the monastic peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece. Founded in the late 10th century by Georgian monks, it ranks third in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. The complex is renowned for housing the Iveron Icon of the Theotokos, a highly...
Simonopetra Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, founded in the 13th century by Saint Simon. The monastery is dramatically situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea, featuring multi-story buildings with wooden balconies that appear to hang from the rock fac...
The Bachkovo Monastery, also known as the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria. It was founded in 1083 by the Georgian Byzantine general Grigorii Bakuriani, who established it as a Georgian monastery. The monaster...
