Karakallou Monastery

Karakallou Monastery
Μονή Καρακάλλου
	External view of the monastery.
	Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full name	Holy Monastery of Karakallou
Established	early 11th century
Dedicated to	St. Peter and St. Paul
Diocese	Mount Athos
People
Founder(s)	Elder Karakalas
Prior	Archimandrite Elder Philotheus
Important associated figures	Prince of Wallachia John-Peter
Site
Location	Mount Athos, Greece
Coordinates	40°13′26″N 24°18′30″E / 40.2239°N 24.3083°E
Visible remains	skull of the Apostle Bartholomew and of St Christopher, and a fragment of the True Cross
Public access	Men only

The Karakallou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Καρακάλλου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. The monastery has 50 working monks, and its library holds 330 manuscripts, and about 3,000 printed books.

History[edit]

It was founded in the 11th century. In the 13th century, as a result of the activity of pirates and Latins, Karakallou was totally deserted.

By the end of the 15th century according to the Russian pilgrim Isaiah, the monastery was Albanian.^[1] The monastery was rebuilt in the 16th century by Moldavian voievod Peter IV Rareș.

Nearby sites[edit]

Located near Karakallou Monastery, the Kathisma of St. Efstathios [el], or Mylopotamos, is a kathisma (cell) belonging to the Monastery of Great Lavra. It was founded by St. Athanasius to serve as a place of convalescence for monks. It is a complex with a defensive tower and vineyards. Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople, also rested here in the 19th century. Today it is used as a winery and is known for its excellent quality wine.

References[edit]

^ A. E. Bakalopulos (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354-1833. [By] A.E. Vacalopoulos. p. 166. At the end of the 15th century, the Russian pilgrim Isaiah relates that the monks support themselves with various kinds of work including the cultivation of their vineyards....He also tells us that nearly half the monasteries are Slav or Albanian. As Serbian he instances Docheiariou, Grigoriou, Ayiou Pavlou, a monastery near Ayiou Pavlou and dedicated to St. John the Theologian (he no doubt means the monastery of Ayiou Dionysiou), and Chilandariou. Panteleïmon is Russian, Simonopetra is Bulgarian, and Karakallou and Philotheou are Albanian. Zographou, Kastamonitou (see fig. 58), Xeropotamou, Koutloumousiou, Xenophontos, Iveron and Protaton he mentions without any designation; while Lavra, Vatopedi (see fig. 59), Pantokratoros, and Stavronikita (which had been recently founded by the patriarch Jeremiah I) he names specifically as being Greek (see map 6).

External links[edit]

Media related to Karakalou monastery at Wikimedia Commons

[Bakalopulos1973-1] A. E. Bakalopulos (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354-1833. [By] A.E. Vacalopoulos. p. 166. At the end of the 15th century, the Russian pilgrim Isaiah relates that the monks support themselves with various kinds of work including the cultivation of their vineyards....He also tells us that nearly half the monasteries are Slav or Albanian. As Serbian he instances Docheiariou, Grigoriou, Ayiou Pavlou, a monastery near Ayiou Pavlou and dedicated to St. John the Theologian (he no doubt means the monastery of Ayiou Dionysiou), and Chilandariou. Panteleïmon is Russian, Simonopetra is Bulgarian, and Karakallou and Philotheou are Albanian. Zographou, Kastamonitou (see fig. 58), Xeropotamou, Koutloumousiou, Xenophontos, Iveron and Protaton he mentions without any designation; while Lavra, Vatopedi (see fig. 59), Pantokratoros, and Stavronikita (which had been recently founded by the patriarch Jeremiah I) he names specifically as being Greek (see map 6).

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v t e Mount Athos
Monasteries (by precedence)	Great Lavra Vatopedi Iviron Hilandar Dionysiou Koutloumousiou Pantokratoros Xeropotamou Zograf Docheiariou Karakallou Philotheou Simonopetra Agiou Pavlou Stavronikita Xenophontos Osiou Gregoriou Esphigmenou St. Panteleimon Konstamonitou Amalfinon
Sketes	Agias Annas Agias Triados Timiou Prodromou Agiou Andrea Agiou Dimitriou [el] Timiou Prodromou Iviron [el] Agiou Panteleimonos Profiti Ilia New Skete (Theotokou) Lakkoskiti (Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou) Evangelismou tis Theotokou Bogoroditsa
Settlements	Karyes Dafni Vigla Agios Nilos Kerasia Saint Basil Kafsokalyvia Karoulia Katounakia Vouleftiria Little St. Anne's Provata Morfonou Mylopotamos Kapsala
Geography	Antiathonas Karmilio Oros Desert of Mount Athos
Relics and icons	Axion Estin Cincture of the Theotokos Panagia Portaitissa Trojeručica
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