The Monastery of St. John the Theologian is () a

Greek Orthodox Christian Greek Orthodox Church (, , ) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian Churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roma ...

nunnery located in Souroti, Greece. It was founded in 1967. The

hegumen Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of ...

of the monastery is

Philothei of Souroti Philothei of Souroti (in Greek: Φιλοθέη της Σουρωτής, ''Philothéï tis Sourotis''), is the hegumen of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti. She holds this position since the monastery’s foundation in 1967. ...

since 1967. The tomb of Saint

Paisios of Mount Athos Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (, ; secular name: Arsenios Eznepidis (); 1924–1994), was a Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount Athos, originally from Pharasa, Cappadocia. Today, he is widely venerated by Eastern Orthodox Christians, par ...

is located in the monastery. The relics of Saint

Arsenios the Cappadocian Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (Greek: Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Καππαδόκης; 1840 – November 10, 1924), born in Kephalochori, Cappadocia () was a Greek dean and the spiritual father of Paisios of Mount Athos. He had a brother ...

are also kept in the monastery. The monastery has a publishing house that publishes books in both Greek and English.

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* Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece {{Greece-Orthodox-monastery-stub