Great Lavra

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Christian religious institution Eastern Orthodox monastery monastery

Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.

Aliases (2)

Great Lavra Monastery ×2
Great Lavra of Mount Athos ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious institution → Eastern Orthodox monastery → monastery →
accessRestrictedTo	men →
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture →
associatedWith	Athonite monasticism → Byzantine Empire → Hesychasm →
continent	Europe →
country	Greece →
dedicatedTo	Annunciation of the Theotokos → Saint Athanasius the Athonite →
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church →
followsCalendar	Julian calendar →
foundedBy	Athanasius of Athos →
founder	Athanasius of Athos →
governedBy	abbot → monastic council →
governs	dependent sketes →
hasCollection	icons → liturgical objects → manuscripts →
hasFeature	chapels → fortified walls → frescoes → icons → katholikon → library → monastic cells → refectory → relics → scriptorium → tower →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site component →
inception	963 →
jurisdiction	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople →
languageUsed	Greek →
locatedIn	Greece → Mount Athos →
locatedOn	eastern side of Mount Athos peninsula →
monasticTradition	cenobitic →
partOf	Athonite monastic community → Mount Athos World Heritage Site →
recognizedBy	Greek state → UNESCO →
religiousAffiliation	Eastern Orthodoxy →
significance	important site of Byzantine monasticism → major spiritual center of Eastern Orthodoxy → oldest monastery on Mount Athos →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mount Athos →	hasMonastery
Gregory Palamas ("Great Lavra of Mount Athos") →	monasticAffiliation
St. Anne Skete ("Great Lavra Monastery") →	parentMonastery
Theophanes the Cretan ("Great Lavra Monastery") →	workLocation