Name:

Vatopedi Monastery

City: Mount Athos  Country: Greece  Website: www.chalkidiki.com/athos/vatopedi.html
Description: The monastery was founded shortly after A.D. 972, possibly on the site of the ancient town of Dion, by Athanasios, Nikolaos and Antonios of Adrianoupolis. The monastery owes its name to the flora of the surrounding area which consists of dense groups of shrubs (vatos = shrub, pedion = plain, gro...  more...

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