• The Monastery of Great Lavra (Greek: Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας) is the first monastery built on Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece.
  • Up-close view of the Great Lavra Bell Tower with its four tiers in 2005. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great Lavra Belltower.
  • Great Lavra monastery. The first in hierarchy and size is the monastery of Agia Layra. The construction of the building began in 963 by Saint Athanasius the Athonite. .
  • Great Lavra, hierarchically the first among the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos, lies on the SE end of Athos peninsula.
  • The Monastery of Megisti Lavra (or Great Lavra) is built on the south-eastern end of the Athos Peninsula and is the earliest and biggest foundation on Mount Athos.
  • The Great Lavra, also called the Lavra of Athanasios, is monastery located near the southeastern tip of the peninsula of Mount Athos.
  • In this article, we will delve deep into the captivating allure of the Great Lavra Monastery and uncover 15 intriguing facts that will leave you in awe.
  • Megiste (Great) Lavra, the first and grandest of the monasteries on Mt. Athos, it has its roots in the beginnings of communal monasticism on the peninsula of Athos.
  • Holy Oversight: Great Lavra, Docheiariou, Xenophontos, Esphigmenou. Cenobitic from: 1980. Father Superior: Archimandrite Prodromos (2000).
  • The Great Lavra Bell Tower is a stunning bell tower that we admired on our resent holiday to Kiev,one of the amazing structures here of which there are many is The...