Simonopetra Monastery
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Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monastery of Simon the Rock | 1 |
| Monastery of Simonos Petra | 1 |
| Simonos Petra Monastery | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox monastery
ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo | men ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Simonopetra Monastery
ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of Simon the Rock
Simonopetra Monastery ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of Simonos Petra
Simonopetra Monastery ⓘ
surface form:
Simonos Petra Monastery
|
| approximateFoundingDate | c. 1257–1267 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine architecture
ⓘ
traditional Athonite architecture ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Nativity of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Birth of Christ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Jesus Christ
|
| elevation | approximately 300 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Simon the Myrrhbearer
|
| founder |
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Simon the Myrrhbearer
|
| foundingCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | abbot ⓘ |
| governingType | cenobitic monastery ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
center of Orthodox spiritual tradition
ⓘ
place of prayer and ascetic life ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mount Athos ⓘ |
| holds | manuscripts and religious books ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Patriarchate of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
|
| knownFor |
attracting pilgrims from around the world
ⓘ
prominent cliff‑top silhouette ⓘ spiritual heritage ⓘ striking multi‑storey wooden balconies and galleries ⓘ vigorous liturgical life ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greece
ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ |
| monasticRepublic |
Holy Mountain
ⓘ
surface form:
Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
|
| notableFeature | dramatic position on a rocky cliff above the sea ⓘ |
| overlooks | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| partOf | twenty ruling monasteries of Mount Athos ⓘ |
| peninsula | Mount Athos ⓘ |
| pilgrimageStatus | important pilgrimage site in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| populationType | male monastic community ⓘ |
| primaryRite | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| rankOnMountAthos | thirteenth in the hierarchy of Athonite monasteries ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter |
earlier destructive fires
ⓘ
fire of 1891 ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| religiousOrder | Athonite monasticism ⓘ |
| subjectToRule | Athonite charter and typikon ⓘ |
| suffered | major fires in its history ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1988 (as part of Mount Athos) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Simonos Petra Monastery
this entity surface form:
Monastery of Simonos Petra
this entity surface form:
Monastery of Simon the Rock