Dohiar Monastery

Dochiar is a Greek Orthodox monastery for men located in Greece on Mount Athos. Dohiar is the tenth in the list of Athos monasteries. In 1990, 32 monks lived on its territory.

The main temple in Dochiar was founded under Emperor Nicephorus Phocas. Euthymius, the founder of the monastery, first built a church, and then on the site of Dochiar he created a temple of St. John. Nicholas. Funds for the construction of an Orthodox male monastery were given by Patrick Nicholas, who was later tonsured in Dochiar and became hegumen after Euthymius.

In the fourteenth century, Dochiar was supported by Emperor John Palaeologus and King Stefan Dusan of Serbia. Two centuries later, the Orthodox monastery was revived, since after the pogrom by the Wallachian sovereign it needed restoration. Now tourists can observe the beauty of the monastery, in which a lot of effort was invested by its founder Euthymius and his followers.