The Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: ქართველთა მონასტერი, romanized: kartvelta monast'eri; Greek: Μονή Ιβήρων, romanized: Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox...
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abroad, such as the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem and the Monastery of Iviron in Greece. It is the principal historical precursor of present-day Georgia...
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Gabriel the Iberian (category People associated with Iviron Monastery)
(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...
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John Tornike (category People associated with Iviron Monastery)
and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos in modern-day northeastern Greece....
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Amalfi who founded it. The monastery was founded with support of John the Iberian, a Georgian and the founder of the Iviron Monastery, and is thought to have...
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Mount Athos (redirect from The Holy Mountain of Our Lady)
then-pagan Athos, it was forced to anchor near the port of Klement, close to the present monastery of Iviron. The Virgin walked ashore and, overwhelmed by the...
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in the Monastery of Iviron in Mount Athos and later became a diplomat and general under Basil II. In 979 he successfully suppressed the revolt of Bardas...
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under the leadership of Leo the Elder, who was invited to build the monastic community by the Georgian Orthodox at the Iviron Monastery. The earliest Benedictine...
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of Constantinople upon the resignation of Gerasimus III. The following year Gregory was deposed as patriarch. He was sent to the Monastery of Iviron on...
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activities, including donations to the Georgian monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos, and the building of a convent named Kappatha at Jerusalem with her...
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Panagia Portaitissa (redirect from Iviron Theotokos)
known as the Iviron Theotokos or Iverskaya in Russian, is an Eastern Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary in the Georgian Iviron monastery on Mount Athos...
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Archimandrite Averchie (category People associated with Iviron Monastery)
became a monk on Mount Athos, first at the Agiou Pavlou Monastery and then at the Monastery of Iviron. Becoming hegumen and archimandrite, Averchie was known...
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Georgian scripts (section Form of Asomtavruli letters)
horizontally from left to right. Of the three scripts, Mkhedruli, once the civilian royal script of the Kingdom of Georgia and mostly used for the royal...
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Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja on the edge of Iori Plateau...
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Stavronikita (redirect from Stavronikita Monastery)
built on top of a rock near the sea near the middle of the eastern shore of the Athonite Peninsula, located between the monasteries of Iviron and Pantokratoros...
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archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is...
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Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. 1964: On his return to Mount Athos, Paisios took up residence at the Iviron Monastery, then at Katounakia...
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Peter the Athonite (redirect from Peter of Athos)
relics were taken to the Monastery of Clement, a formerly existing monastery that is now occupied by the Monastery of Iviron. A hagiography devoted to...
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Alaverdi Monastery (Georgian: ალავერდის მონასტერი, romanized: alaverdis monast'eri) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km (16 mi) from...
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independence of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The Russian clergy took control of Georgian churches and monasteries, prohibiting use of the Georgian liturgy...
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The name of this monastery translated as the "Monastery of the Cross". For other monasteries named after the cross, see Monastery of the Cross (disambiguation)...
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most influential monasteries in Russia and a significant cultural center. The monastery derives its name from the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos in...
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George the Hagiorite (redirect from George of Athos)
"of Athos" (Athonite) respectively, are a reference to his association with the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, where he served as hegumen. One of the...
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John the Iberian (redirect from John of Athos)
so they both retired to the monastery of Saint Athanasius on Mount Athos. They founded Iviron monastery with the help of John’s brother-in-law, John Thornikos...
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in the Imereti region of western Georgia. One of the first monasteries in Georgia, it was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia as a monastic and...
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is a monastery dedicated to Our Lady of Iviron. It is situated in Privolnoye, a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, near the border with Georgia....
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The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe (Georgian: ბოდბის წმინდა ნინოს მონასტერი, bodbis ts’minda Ninos monasteri) is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and...
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Koutloumousiou) Iviron Monastery Skete of Timiou Prodromou Iviron [el] (behind Iviron) Mylopotamos Filotheou Monastery (interior) Karakalou Monastery (interior)...
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Saint Sava (redirect from Burning of St. Sava's relics)
and sacred places; Nemanja and Ana donated to numerous monasteries, especially Karyes, Iviron and the Great Lavra. When Sava visited the Byzantine Emperor...
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may refer to: Tornike Eristavi, Georgian general, monk and founder of Iviron Monastery in Greece Tornike Shengelia (born 1991), Georgian basketball player...
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