Vatopedi Monastery

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Vatopedi Monastery is one of the largest and most prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual heritage, historic architecture, and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastery
Eastern Orthodox monastery
monastic community
affiliation Holy Community of Mount Athos
country Greece
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
followsCalendar Julian calendar (Old Calendar) for liturgical purposes
linked to: Julian calendar
foundedBy Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated)
three noblemen from Adrianople (traditional founders)
foundedInCentury 10th century
genderRestriction male-only monastic community
governingChurch Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
hasCollection Byzantine icons
codices
imperial chrysobulls
liturgical vessels
manuscripts
religious relics
vestments
hasFeature chapels
fortified walls
katholikon (main church)
library
monastic cells
refectory
tower
hasIcon Panagia Antiphonitria
Panagia Esphagmeni
Panagia Paramythia
linked to: Panagia

Panagia Vimatarissa
hasRelic Belt of the Theotokos (Holy Girdle of the Virgin Mary)
relics of various saints
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Mount Athos
knownFor historic architecture
rich collection of religious relics
rich manuscript collection
spiritual heritage
languageOfLiturgy Greek
locatedIn Central Macedonia
Chalkidiki
Mount Athos
locatedInBodyOfWaterVicinity Aegean Sea
locatedOn eastern coast of the Athos peninsula
monasticOrder coenobitic (communal) monastery
partOf Mount Athos monastic state
linked to: Mount Athos
pilgrimageSite yes
primaryRite Byzantine Rite
rankWithinMountAthos one of the largest monasteries on Mount Athos
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1988

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Mount Athos hasMonastery Vatopedi Monastery
Athonite monastic communities hasPart Vatopedi Monastery
Athonite commonwealth contains Vatopedi Monastery
katholikon of Vatopedi Monastery partOf Vatopedi Monastery
subject linked to: katholikon (main church)
katholikon of Vatopedi Monastery locatedIn Vatopedi Monastery
subject linked to: katholikon (main church)
katholikon of Vatopedi Monastery centralBuildingOf Vatopedi Monastery complex
subject linked to: katholikon (main church)
linked to: Vatopedi Monastery
Belt of the Theotokos keptAt Vatopedi Monastery
Belt of the Theotokos pilgrimageSite Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Vimatarissa veneratedAt Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Vimatarissa locatedIn Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Vimatarissa category Mount Athos icons
linked to: Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Vimatarissa category Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Antiphonitria veneratedAt Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Antiphonitria locatedIn Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Antiphonitria associatedWith Vatopedi Monastery monastic community
linked to: Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Esphagmeni veneratedAt Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Esphagmeni locatedIn Vatopedi Monastery
Panagia Esphagmeni associatedWith Vatopedi Monastery