Hilandar Monastery

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Hilandar Monastery is a historic Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned as a major spiritual, cultural, and medieval literary center of the Serbian people.

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Hilandar metochia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastery
Mount Athos monastery
Serbian Orthodox monastery
associatedWith Nemanjić dynasty
belongsTo Serbian Orthodox Church
centuryOfFoundation 12th century
country Greece
culturalSignificance important center of Serbian medieval art
major medieval literary center of the Serbian people
major spiritual center of the Serbian people
dedicatedTo The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
foundedBy Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos
Saint Sava
Saint Sava
surface form: Stefan Nemanja
foundingDate 1198
governedBy abbot
hasArchive Hilandar Monastery archives
hasDependency Hilandar Monastery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hilandar metochia
hasLibrary Hilandar Monastery library
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Mount Athos"
historicalRole center of Serbian monasticism
place of education for medieval Serbian clergy
holds charters of Serbian rulers
illuminated manuscripts
medieval Serbian manuscripts
languageOfLiturgy Church Slavonic
Greek
linkedTo Saint Sava
surface form: Saint Sava of Serbia

Stefan Nemanja (Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming)
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Central Macedonia
Chalkidiki Peninsula
Mount Athos
monasticCommunity male
notableFor frescoes
icons
medieval manuscripts
role in preservation of Serbian cultural heritage
partOf Holy Mountain
surface form: Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
patronSaint Virgin Mary
surface form: Theotokos
pilgrimageSiteFor Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians

Serbian Orthodox faithful
rankOnMountAthos fourth in the hierarchy of Athonite monasteries
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousAffiliation Serbian Orthodox Church
sufferedEvent major fire in 2004
tradition Byzantine monasticism
underwent restoration after 2004 fire
unescoWorldHeritageSiteSince 1988

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Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming burialPlace Hilandar Monastery
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming coFounderOf Hilandar Monastery
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming cultCenter Hilandar Monastery
Saint Sava founded Hilandar Monastery
Hilandar Monastery hasDependency Hilandar Monastery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hilandar metochia
Mount Athos hasMonastery Hilandar Monastery