Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Athos

The Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon is located on the Holy Mount Athos. It has other names - "Rossicon", "New Russik", "Svyato-Panteleimonov". It occupies the 19th place in the hierarchy of Athos holy places. Founded in the 11th century by a rich family from Thessaly. He began to be settled by Russian monks who turned him into a hermitage. From the 13th to the 15th century the Greeks lived here. The monastery that is known today dates from 1800-1829. It was built on the donations of the lord of Wallachia Callimach. The main cathedral is decorated with Russian domes and gilded crosses. The monastery became Russian in 1875 after the election of the Russian hegumen. The service is conducted in Greek and Slavic languages. The monastery contains particles of the Life-Creating Cross, the relics of St. John the Baptist, the head of St. Panteleimon, the holy apostles. In the monastery library there are Greek and Slavic manuscripts, Gospels and Words of the saint, ancient books in different languages. The Great Martyr Panteleimon is honored annually on July 27.

To visit the monastery, you need to reach Uranopolis by bus, taxi or rented car, then climb up on foot.