Xeropotamou Monastery

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Xeropotamou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its medieval heritage and religious significance.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastery
Mount Athos monastery
monastic community
accessRestrictedTo men
associatedWith Byzantine monasticism
Hesychasm
belongsTo Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
country Greece
culturalContext Greek Orthodox monasticism
dedicatedTo Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
followsCalendar Julian calendar (Old Calendar)
governedBy abbot
hasArchitectureStyle Byzantine architecture
post-Byzantine architecture
hasFeature icon collection
katholikon
library
monastic cells
refectory
relics
hasFunction cenobitic monastery
hasHeritage Byzantine manuscripts
Orthodox icons
hasLegalStatus self-governed within Greek state
hasReligiousOrder Orthodox monks
hasStatus living monastic community
hasType communal monastery
heritage medieval monastic heritage
languageOfLiturgy Greek
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Central Macedonia
Chalkidiki
Mount Athos
locatedOn Athos Peninsula
partOf Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
Mount Athos monastic republic
Orthodox pilgrimage sites in Greece
region Northern Greece
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
significance religious significance in Eastern Orthodoxy
subjectToRule Avaton (ban on women)
tradition Byzantine rite
usedFor ascetic life
liturgical worship
manuscript preservation
prayer

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Athos
hasMonastery

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