Holy Mountain

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monastic community mountain peninsula pilgrimage site

Holy Mountain is the traditional name for Mount Athos, a monastic peninsula in northeastern Greece renowned as a major center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism and spirituality.

Aliases (2)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monastic community → mountain → peninsula → pilgrimage site →
accessRestrictedTo	men →
capital	Karyes →
considered	one of the most important centers of Eastern Orthodox monasticism →
flourishedDuring	Byzantine Empire →
foundedAsMonasticCenter	1st millennium AD →
governedBy	Holy Community of Mount Athos →
governedFrom	Karyes →
governedUnder	Greek sovereignty → special status under Greek constitution →
hasApproximatePopulation	around 2000 monks →
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
hasHighestPoint	Mount Athos peak →
hasLiturgicalLanguages	Bulgarian → Church Slavonic → Georgian → Greek → Romanian →
hasNumberOfMonasteries	20 →
hasOfficialLanguage	Greek →
hasPoliticalStatus	autonomous monastic state → self-governed part of Greece →
hasRule	avaton (ban on women) →
hasTypeOfCommunity	male-only monastic community →
highestElevation	2033 meters →
knownFor	Byzantine chant → Byzantine tradition → Eastern Orthodox monasticism → hesychasm → iconography → manuscript collections → spirituality →
locatedInBodyOfWater	Aegean Sea →
locatedInCountry	Greece →
locatedInPartOf	northeastern Greece →
locatedInRegion	Central Macedonia →
locatedOn	Athos Peninsula → Chalkidiki Peninsula →
majorReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
monasticCommunities	20 ruling monasteries →
partOf	Hellenic Republic →
partOfTradition	Eastern Orthodox spirituality →
recognizedBy	European Union law (special status) → Greek Constitution →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
requires	special entry permit (diamonitirion) →
spiritualJurisdictionOf	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople →
traditionalNameOf	Mount Athos →
UNESCOCriteria	Cultural →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1988 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gregoriou Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") → Hilandar Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") → Karyes ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") → Konstamonitou Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") → Koutloumousiou Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") → Xenophontos Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") →	partOf
Mount Athos →	alsoKnownAs
Stavronikita Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") →	belongsTo
Xenophontos Monastery →	locatedIn
Simonopetra Monastery ("Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain") →	monasticRepublic
Mount Mtatsminda →	nameMeaning
Gregory Palamas ("Tomos of the Holy Mountain") →	notableWork