Iviron Monastery

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Iviron Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its Georgian origins and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastery
Mount Athos monastery
monastic community
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Georgia
belongsTo Mount Athos
surface form: autonomous monastic state of Mount Athos
country Greece
dedicatedTo Dormition of the Theotokos
denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
followsRule Athonite monastic typikon
foundedBy Georgian monks
John the Iberian
John’s son Euthymius
Tornike Eristavi
foundingDate c. 980–983
late 10th century
governedBy Holy Community of Mount Athos
hasCollection icons
liturgical objects
manuscripts
religious relics
hasFeature fortified walls
katholikon (main church)
monastic cells
refectory
tower
hasFunction cenobitic monastery
hasHeritage Byzantine
Georgian ecclesiastical
hasLibrary monastic library
hasNotableRelic Our Lady of Kazan
surface form: Panagia Portaitissa icon
hasOrigin Georgian
hasStatus self-governing monastery within Mount Athos
historicalLanguage Georgian
languageOfLiturgy Greek
libraryHolds Georgian manuscripts
Greek manuscripts
Slavonic manuscripts
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Chalkidiki Peninsula
Mount Athos
locatedOn northeastern coast of Mount Athos
overlooks Aegean Sea
partOf Eastern Orthodox monasticism
pilgrimageSiteFor Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians
recognizedFor Georgian monastic heritage
rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
tradition Byzantine monasticism

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Mount Athos hasMonastery Iviron Monastery