Mount Athos

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autonomous region monastic community peninsula

Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.

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All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
Mount Athos canonical 115
Mount Athos monastic republic 6
Holy Community of Mount Athos 5

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
accessRestriction children prohibited ⓘ
limited number of male pilgrims ⓘ
women prohibited ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Agion Oros

Holy Mountain ⓘ
area approximately 335 square kilometers ⓘ
autonomyStatus self-governed monastic state under Greek sovereignty ⓘ
borderedBy Aegean Sea ⓘ
capital Karyes ⓘ
constitutionalStatus recognized in the Constitution of Greece ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
earliestMajorMonasteryFoundation 963 (Great Lavra) ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
elevation 2033 meters ⓘ
foundedAsMonasticCenter 10th century ⓘ
governingBody Mount Athos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos

Holy Epistasia ⓘ
hasMonastery Dionysiou Monastery ⓘ
Dochiariou Monastery ⓘ
Esphigmenou Monastery ⓘ
Great Lavra ⓘ
Gregoriou Monastery ⓘ
Hilandar Monastery ⓘ
Iviron Monastery ⓘ
Karakallou Monastery ⓘ
Konstamonitou Monastery ⓘ
Koutloumousiou Monastery ⓘ
Pantokratoros Monastery ⓘ
Philotheou Monastery ⓘ
Simonopetra Monastery ⓘ
St. Andrew Skete ⓘ
St. Anne Skete ⓘ
St. Panteleimon Monastery ⓘ
St. Paul Monastery ⓘ
Stavronikita Monastery ⓘ
Vatopedi Monastery ⓘ
Xenophontos Monastery ⓘ
Xeropotamou Monastery ⓘ
Zograf Monastery ⓘ
hasStatus male-only monastic republic ⓘ
heritageType cultural landscape ⓘ
religious heritage site ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Athos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos peak
legalBasisOfAutonomy international treaties and Greek law ⓘ
locatedIn Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Central Macedonia

Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
notableFor Byzantine art ⓘ
continuous monastic life for over a millennium ⓘ
hesychast spiritual tradition ⓘ
iconography ⓘ
manuscript collections ⓘ
officialLanguage Greek ⓘ
otherUsedLanguage Bulgarians ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian

Church Slavonic ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
partOf Greece ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Republic
patronSaint Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
populationType lay workers ⓘ
monks ⓘ
novices ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sovereignty Greece ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria i ⓘ
ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
v ⓘ
vi ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1988 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
visaRequirement special entry permit (diamonitirion) ⓘ

Referenced by (165)

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

Greece → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Mount Athos ⓘ
Philokalia → associatedWith → Mount Athos ⓘ
Meteora → rankedAfter → Mount Athos ⓘ
Byzantine Rite → associatedWith → Mount Athos ⓘ
Mount Athos → governingBody → Mount Athos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
Mount Athos → highestPoint → Mount Athos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos peak
Mount Athos → alsoKnownAs → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agion Oros
Serbian Orthodox Church → hasImportantCenter → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos (Hilandar)
Greek Orthodox Church → primaryTerritory → Mount Athos ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → monasticCenter → Mount Athos ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) → containsSite → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite → monasticAffiliation → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Gregory Palamas → monasticAffiliation → Mount Athos ⓘ
subject surface form: Gregory Palamas
Byzantine chant → associatedWith → Mount Athos ⓘ
Karyes → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Karyes → governingBody → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
Holy Epistasia → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Holy Epistasia → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: monastic community of Mount Athos
Holy Epistasia → governs → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: monastic community of Mount Athos
Holy Epistasia → operatesIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: autonomous monastic state of Mount Athos
Holy Epistasia → associatedWith → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
Hilandar Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Paul Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Paul Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monastic Republic of Mount Athos
St. Paul Monastery → governedBy → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
Stavronikita Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Stavronikita Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos monastic republic
St. Andrew Skete → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Andrew Skete → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monastic Republic of Mount Athos
St. Andrew Skete → locatedOn → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Mountain Athos
Simonopetra Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Simonopetra Monastery → peninsula → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Anne Skete → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
St. Anne Skete → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: monastic republic of Mount Athos
Xenophontos Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Xenophontos Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos monastic republic
Xenophontos Monastery → governedWithin → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
Koutloumousiou Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Pantokratoros Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Philotheou Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Philotheou Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos monastic republic
Esphigmenou Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Vatopedi Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Vatopedi Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos monastic state
Iviron Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Iviron Monastery → belongsTo → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: autonomous monastic state of Mount Athos
Karakallou Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ
Karakallou Monastery → partOf → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site Mount Athos
Karakallou Monastery → belongsTo → Mount Athos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox monastic republic of Mount Athos
Dionysiou Monastery → locatedIn → Mount Athos ⓘ