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The Monasteries of Mount Athos

Twenty ruling monasteries, with sketes and cells between them. Here is the story of each monastery we visited — and the journey filmed inside it.

• Simonopetra: The Monastery on the Rock

  13th century · The Nativity of Christ

• Vatopedi: The Great Monastery of the North

  10th century · The Annunciation of the Theotokos

• Hilandar: The Serbian Monastery of the Holy Mountain

  1198 · The Presentation of the Virgin

• The Great Lavra: Where Athonite Monasticism Began

  963 · The Dormition of Saint Athanasios

• Xenophontos: A Monastery and a 14-Hour Vigil

  10th–11th century · Saint George the Great Martyr

• Iviron: The Monastery of the Gate-Keeper Icon

  10th century · The Dormition of the Virgin

• Stavronikita: The Small Monastery with the Great Icon

  16th century · Saint Nicholas

• Pantokratoros: The Monastery of the Transfiguration

  14th century · The Transfiguration of Christ

• Koutloumousiou: The Monastery by the Capital

  late 13th century · The Transfiguration of Christ

• Saint Panteleimon: The Russian Monastery of Athos

  11th century · Saint Panteleimon

• Dochiariou: The Monastery of the Quick-to-Hear

  10th century · The Archangels Michael and Gabriel

• Nea Skiti: A Village of Hermit Cells

  18th century · The Nativity of the Virgin

• The Skete of Prophet Elijah

  18th century · The Prophet Elijah