Moni Dionysiou

Moni Dionysiou from the sea

Moni Dionysiou

Moni Dionysiou ( Greek Μονή Διονυσίου ) is an Orthodox monastery on the southwestern side of the Athos peninsula in Greece . It is in fifth place in the hierarchy of the Athos monasteries. It is one of the 20 self-governing monasteries on Athos and was dedicated to John the Baptist . Today the community of the monastery consists of about 50 monks.

history

The monastery was founded in the middle of the 14th century by the monk Dionysios of Koryssos in the Kastoria district and named after him. He received financial support from Emperor Alexius II Comnenus of Trebizond . In 1535 the monastery was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt; since then the architecture has remained unchanged.

Architecture and cultural heritage

The entire monastery is built on walls over 80 meters high, which in turn sit on a rock spur that protrudes overhanging from the sea. The upper part of the monastery complex is lined with balconies and galleries that hang boldly over the abyss. The limited space available made it necessary that the entire structure of the monastery building was attached to the red-colored Katholikon . The frescoes in the church and in the refectory are attributed to Zorzi from Crete and date from 1547.

The monastery library contains 804 manuscripts and more than 4,000 printed books. The oldest manuscripts date from the 11th century.

Manuscripts

• Codex Athous Dionysius
• Uncial 050

gallery

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  Monastery of Dionysiou, Codex 90, a manuscript from the 13th century with parts by Herodotus , Plutarch and (shown here) Diogenes Laertios

Web links

Commons : Dionysiou Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Dionysiou Monastery on the Mount Athos website .
• Greek Ministry of Culture: Holy Monastery of Dionysiou .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the website of the Greek Ministry of Culture .

Coordinates: 40 ° 10 ′ 6.4 ″  N , 24 ° 16 ′ 27.6 ″  E