• The Monastery of Great Lavra (Greek: Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας) is the first monastery built on Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece.
  • The Monastery of the Great Lavra, (Greek: Μεγίστη Λαύρα, Megísti Lávra) is located on the Athos Peninsula in northern Greece.
  • Great Lavra, hierarchically the first among the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos, lies on the SE end of Athos peninsula.
  • The great Cretan painter Theophanes and Frangos Katelanos both worked in the Great Lavra - the former in A.D.1535 and the latter in A.D.1560.
  • 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. .
  • 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.
  • Great Lavra is a topic that has aroused the interest of experts and the general public, due to its impact on different areas of society.
  • Nikephoros had promised Athanasius that he would soon became a monk of Great Lavra but the circumstances and his death canceled those plans.
  • The emperors favored its development and during the 11th century there were 700 monks, while smaller monasteries had been ceded to Great Lavra.
  • Holy Oversight: Great Lavra, Docheiariou, Xenophontos, Esphigmenou. Cenobitic from: 1980. Father Superior: Archimandrite Prodromos (2000).