Stavronikita Monastery

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Eastern Orthodox monastery Mount Athos monastery

Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita	0	1
Monastery of Stavronikita	0	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox monastery → Mount Athos monastery →
associatedWith	Byzantine Empire → Orthodox monasticism →
belongsTo	Holy Mountain → surface form: Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
country	Greece →
dedicatedTo	Saint Nicholas of Myra → surface form: Saint Nicholas
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity → surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
followsRite	Byzantine Rite →
governingBody	Patriarchate of Constantinople → surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
hasAlternativeName	Stavronikita Monastery → surface form: Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita
hasArchitecturalFeature	cells → defensive tower → enclosing walls → katholikon → refectory →
hasArchitecturalStyle	fortified monastery →
hasCollection	Byzantine manuscripts → liturgical objects → religious relics →
hasCulturalSignificance	important center of Orthodox spirituality → important site of Byzantine artistic heritage →
hasFrescoesBy	Theophanes the Cretan →
hasFunction	monastic community → pilgrimage site →
hasIcon	Saint Nicholas of Myra → surface form: Icon of Saint Nicholas “Streidas”
hasIconStyle	Byzantine →
heritage	Byzantine art → post-Byzantine art →
knownFor	Byzantine frescoes → Byzantine icons → fortified architecture → post-Byzantine frescoes → small size →
languageOfLiturgy	Greek →
locatedIn	Central Macedonia → Chalkidiki Peninsula → surface form: Chalkidiki Mount Athos →
monasticTradition	cenobitic →
partOf	Mount Athos → surface form: Mount Athos monastic republic
primaryDeityVenerated	Jesus Christ →
primarySaintVenerated	Saint Nicholas of Myra → surface form: Saint Nicholas
rankOnMountAthos	15 →
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity → surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stavronikita Monastery → hasAlternativeName → Stavronikita Monastery →

this entity surface form: Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita

Mount Athos → hasMonastery → Stavronikita Monastery →

Theophanes the Cretan → workLocation → Stavronikita Monastery →

this entity surface form: Monastery of Stavronikita