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GREECE

• An Introduction to Mount Athos - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Mt. Athos: An Introduction

• Mt.Athos - The Agion Oros - Holy Mountain.

• Mt.Athos: Monastic Life, History, Administration

• Mt.Athos and the General Halkidiki Area - Site 1  |  Site 2

• Friends of Mount Athos - Information on pilgrimages.

• Mount Athos - Demokritos University of Thrakes.

• Individual Monasteries: The Monastery of Chelandari  |  The Monastery of Vatopedi  |  The Monastery of Konstamonitou

• Welcome to Mt. Athos

• Information about the Holy Mountain's 20 monasteries in hierarchical order  |  History  |  Living Monastically  |  What Monasticism Offers  |  Visiting a Monastery  |  Karyes, The Capital of Agion Oros  |  How to Reach Agion Oros  |  Where is the Holy Mountain?

• Birth of the Theotokos Monastery - Levadia, Greece - English and Greek.

• Guide to Patmos - Democritus University of Thrace. 

• Patmos Island - Site 1  |  Site 2

• Holy Theodore Monastery - Crete. The site is in Greek.

• Monastery of Toplou - Crete. It is an historical monastery of the 15th century.

• Monasteries of Meteora

• Thessalia: Meteora

• Monastery of Hosios Loucas  - Greece

• Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos - Pelagias, Levadias, Greece.

• Monastery of St. John The Theologian - Patmos Island.

• Monastery of St. John Prodromos - “Prodromos” means “forerunner.”

• Taxiarhes Monastery - Mandamados, Lesvos, Greece

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

• St. Gregory Palamas Monastery - Hayesville, OH - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Amerida.

• St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery - Richmond, CA - OCA-Bulgarian Diocese.

• St. Irene Chrysovalantou Greek Orthodox Monastery - Astoria, Queens, NY

• New Skete Monasteries - Cambridge, NY.

• Orthodox Monasteries in North America  

• St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Monastery - Sonora Desert near Phoenix, AR. 

• St. Nektarios of Pentopolis Monastery - Brimfield, MA.

• St. Tikon's Monastery and Seminary - South Canaan, PA - Orthodox Church in America.

 

 

MIDDLE EAST

• St. Catherine's Monastery - Egypt. Built on the site of the burning bush at the base of Mount Sinai.

• Stavrovouni Monastery - Cyprus.

 

 

 

RUSSIA

• A tour of many monasteries - in Moscow, Russia.

• Trinity-St.Sergius Monastery - Sergiev Posad in Russia.

• Danilov Monastery - Headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia.

• Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery - The first monastery in the Russian city where Orthodoxy was established in 988. Tour the caves of this active facility.

• Holy Trinity Monastery - Sergiev Posad, Radonezh.

• Monastery on Solovki Island - A virtual tour of the monastery located on an island in Russia’s White Sea.

• Monasteries of Suzdal - Suzdal is a small town in Russia, in the Golder Ring area north of Moscow near the town of Vladimir.

• Monasteries in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Central Russia - Pictures and articles of many monasteries, cathedrals and churches

 

 

EUROPE & FAR EAST

• Monastery of the Kiev Caves - English and Ukrainian.

• Monastery of St. Andrew the First Called - Manchester, England

• Golia Monastery - Iassy, Romania - Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina.

• Monasteries of Romania

• Valamo Monastery - Finland.

• Bulgarian Monasteries - Chrysoskalitissa Monastery (Elafonissi, Topolia, Crete, Greece) Site 1  |  Site 2  

• Rila Monastery in Bulgaria

• Guide to monasteries in Yugoslavia

• Monasteries of Yugoslavia - Site 1  |  Site 2

• Monastero di San Serafino di Sarof - Italy

• St. John Theristi - Callabria, Italy.

• Holy Monastery Metamorphoseos, Korea

• Shmakovskiy Monastery - Saint-Trinity Nicholas.

 

 

ARTICLES & INFO

ASCETICISM: The Bridge Between Marriage and Monasticism - Article from AGAIN magazine.

Ancient Egyptian monasteries

Related Monastery Links

The Importance of Monasticism in Our Contemporary Society - Commencement address at Holy Trinity Monastery by Frank Schaeffer.

Inner Light Productions - Photos of monks and monasteries of Eastern Orthodox and Coptic churches.

Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpakto - Short biography of a contemporary Orthodox theologian and monastic; links to online versions of some of his writings. .

Monastic Rule of St.Basil

Monastic Studies - Academic page on Christian monasticism. It favors the west, but also includes Eastern Orthodox links, some representing the common heritage of the undivided Church, and some sites dealing with Celtic monasticism.

Monasticism in the Orthodox Church - By the Rt. Rev. Maximos E. Aghiorgoussis, Th.D., Bishop of Pittsburgh, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

New Hinba Cybermonastery - Celtic Christianity and monasticism with an Orthodox slant.

Orthodox Monasticism - An informative page put together by the Orthdox Church of Serbia, Raska and Prizren Diocese.

Russian Orthodox Monastery of St John the Wonder Worker - Denver, CO.

Russian Orthodox Monasticism - With an intro to the Angelic Life.

Theodore the Studite - Rules of Stoudios Monastery, Constantinople.