Monasteries

Церковь (пареклисия) св. мученика Иерона – 1908 г.

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На северо-западной стороне от входа в соборный храм св. великомученика Пантелеимона расположена церковь св. мученика Иерона. Здание церкви…

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Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar). MONASTERY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM IN KAMAN (ABKHAZIA)

 

Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar)

 MONASTERY OF ST.JOHN CHRYSOSTOM IN KAMAN (ABKHAZIA)

 

On the 120th anniversary of the opening of the convent and the 20th…

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Skete of St. John the Baptist in Ankhua (1905)

Skete of St. John the Baptist is located in the center of the village of Ankhua (Gudauta district, Abkhazia), 7 km. from New Athos. During the medieval Abkhazian kingdom the village of Ankhua was part of the ancient capital…

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Rocky monastery in the village of Otkhara

In the village of Otkhara, Gudauta district there are several ancient sights: a church near the village of Zvandripsh, the ruins of temple in Otkhara and the only medieval cave monastery in Abkhazia.
 
The path to the foot of…

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Monastery of St. Simon the Canaanite

 
In the IX-X centuries a temple was erected on the bank of the river of Psyrtsha in New Athos. The temple was built of white ashlar limestone. The monument of the medieval architecture was built in the place where…

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