Stavronikita Monastery

The Stavronikita Monastery stands on a coastal rock at 50 meters elevation between Iviron and Pantokratoros monasteries on Mount Athos eastern shore.

Built in 1530 by Abbot Gregory after purchasing cells from Philotheou monastery, the complex received its status as the fifteenth Athonite monastery through a patriarchal decree in 1536.

The katholikon contains sixteenth-century frescoes by Cretan painter Theophanes and houses a collection of manuscripts dating from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.

The monastery maintains its original cenobitic principles, with monks living in a communal structure, and currently accommodates between 30 and 40 resident members.

The monastery library preserves 58 manuscripts on parchment, two on silk, and 109 paper documents spanning from the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Location: monastic community of Mount Athos

Inception: 10 century

Architectural style: Byzantine architecture

Phone: +302377023255

Website: http://mountathos.gr

GPS coordinates: 40.26810,24.27742

Latest update: March 3, 2025 12:21