St. Panteleimon Monastery (Rossikon)

Greece / Ayion Oros / Kariai /
 church, monastery, orthodox christianity
The Holy Monastery of St Panteleimon, the so-called Rossikon (Russian), is on the south-west of the Athos peninsula, a little before one reaches the port of Dafni. The present appearance of the Monastery, with its abandoned grand multistoreyed buildings, testifies to its rich and expansive past. The history of the Monastery has its beginnings in around the 10th century in the Monastery of the All-holy Theotokos 'tou Xylourgou' (the Bogoroditsa Skete), the brotherhood of which in the mid 12th century moved to the Thessalonikeos Monastery, which was dedicated to St Panteleimon. The brotherhood remained on this site for seven centuries - until 1765.

www.mountathos.gr/active.aspx?mode=en
sv-afon.orthodoxy.ru/ag_oros/019/19_pante.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossikon
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Coordinates:   40°14'18"N   24°11'59"E