The Monastery of Iviron ( ka, ათონის ივერთა მონასტერი , tr; ) is an

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monastery in the

monastic community of Mount Athos The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks around Mount Athos, Greece, who hold the status of an autonomous region with its own sovereignty within Greece and the European Union, as well as the combined rights ...

in northern

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History

The monastery was built under the supervision of two Georgian monks,

John the Iberian John the Iberian ( ka, იოანე მთაწმინდელი; died ) was a Georgian monk, who is venerated as a saint. His name refers to his origins from the Kingdom of the Iberians. Life A member of a Georgian noble family from Tao ...

and

John Tornike John Tornike ( ka, იოანე თორნიკე, tr; ), also known as Tornike Eristavi (; died in 985) was a retired Georgian general and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox Iviron Monastery on ...

between AD 980–83 and housed Georgian clergy and priests. It was founded on the site of the former Monastery of Clement. John the Iberian was appointed as the abbot of the newly founded monastery in 980. In 1005,

Euthymius the Iberian Euthymius the Athonite ( ka, ექვთიმე ათონელი ''Ekvtime Atoneli''; 955–1024) was a Georgian monk, philosopher and scholar, who is venerated as a saint. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is May 13. Euthymius was ...

became the secondary abbot of Iviron Monastery. In

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

, Iviron literally means "of the

Iberians The Iberians (, from , ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among others, by Hecataeus of Mil ...

". The monastery ranks third in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.

Notable people

(died 985) *

(died c. 1002) *

Gabriel the Iberian Gabriel the Iberian ( ka, გაბრიელ ქართველი, tr) (''fl.'' 10th century) was a Georgian Christian- Orthodox monk from the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, who is revered as a saint. His feast day is celebrated by the G ...

(c. 10th century) *

Euthymius of Athos Euthymius the Athonite ( ka, ექვთიმე ათონელი ''Ekvtime Atoneli''; 955–1024) was a Georgian monk, philosopher and scholar, who is venerated as a saint. His feast day in the Orthodox Church is May 13. Euthymius was ...

(c. 955-1028) *

George the Hagiorite George the Hagiorite ( ka, გიორგი მთაწმინდელი) (1009 – 27 June 1065) was a Georgian monk, calligrapher, religious writer, theologian, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communi ...

(1009-1065) *

Archimandrite Averchie Archimandrite Averchie or Averkios (1806/1818 – ?; , also or ; ; ), born Atanasie Iaciu Buda (), was an Aromanians, Aromanian monk and schoolteacher. Born in Avdella, he became hegumen and archimandrite in Mount Athos, where he was known as " ...

(1806/1818–?), Aromanian monk and schoolteacher

Gallery

File:Iviron Aug2006.jpg, View of the main monastery complex File:Mount Athos- Monastery Iviron.jpg, View of the sea

References

External links

Official website

Iviron monastery at the Mount Athos website
{{Authority control Christian monasteries established in the 10th century Monasteries on Mount Athos Georgia (country)–Greece relations Greek Orthodox monasteries