Novoafonsky Monastery

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valeryan @ 2009-02-11 06:35:00

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Description:

In 1874 Russian monks from the overcrowded Rossikon Monastery on Mount Athos arrived to the Caucasus in order to find a place for possible resettlement. They selected Psyrtskha, and the New Athos Monastery (Russian: Новоафонский монастырь), dedicated to St. Simon the Canaanite, was constructed there in the 1880s with funds provided by Tsar Alexander III of Russia. Eventually Russian monks were permitted to stay in the "old" Athos, and the New Athos monastery had much less occupancy than anticipated.

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Location:

Akhali Atoni, Georgia (GE)
@ 43.09766100, 40.80699900

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