Hilandar
Sign in to saveThe Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It is ranked fourth in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.
Key facts
- Monastery.name
- Hilandar
- Monastery.full
- Holy Imperial Monastery of Hilandar
- Monastery.image
- View of the Hilandar monastery, Mount Athos, Greece.jpg
- Monastery.caption
- Exterior view
- Monastery.diocese
- Mount Athos
- Monastery.order
- Monastic community of Mount Athos
- Monastery.archbishop
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Monastery.established
- 1198
- Monastery.prior
- Saint Sava
- Monastery.dedication
- Three-handed TheotokosEntry of the Theotokos into the Temple
- Monastery.public_access
- Men only
- Monastery.founder
- Saint Sava and Saint Simeon
- Monastery.location
- Mount Athos, Greece
- Monastery.map_type
- Mount Athos
- Monastery.website
- Hilandar website Hilandar data
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The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It is ranked fourth in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.
The monastery was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Nemanja (Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming) and his son Saint Sava. Saint Simeon was the former Grand Prince of Serbia (1166–1196) who upon relinquishing his throne took monastic vows and became an ordinary monk. He joined his son Saint Sava who was already in Mount Athos and who later became the first Archbishop of Serbia. Upon its foundation, the monastery became a focal point of the Serbian religious and cultural life, as well as assumed the role of "the first Serbian university".
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1198 establishments in Europe12th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildingsBurial sites of Serbian royal familiesBurial sites of the Nemanjić dynastyByzantine Empire–Serbia relationsChristian monasteries established in the 1160sEducational institutions established in the 11th centuryGreece–Serbia relationsHilandarHistory of hospitalsHistory of the Serbs