St. Panteleimon Monastery

St. Panteleimon Monastery
Άγιος Παντελεήμων;
Монастырь Святого Пантелеймона
Location on Mount Athos
Interactive map of St. Panteleimon Monastery
Monastery information
Full nameHoly Monastery of Agiou Panteleimonos
Other namesRossikon
OrderEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
DenominationRussian Orthodox Church
Established11th century
Dedicated toSt. Panteleimon
DioceseMount Athos
PriorEulogius (Ivanov)
Architecture
StatusMonastery
Functional statusActive
StyleByzantine (Athonite)
Site
LocationMount Athos, North Aegean, Greece
Coordinates40°14′13″N 24°12′07″E / 40.23694°N 24.20194°E / 40.23694; 24.20194
Public accessMen only
Other informationRussian (language)

Saint Panteleimon Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Παντελεήμονος, romanizedMoní Agíou Panteleímonos, Russian: Монастырь Святого Пантелеймона), also known as Rossikon (Greek: Ρωσσικόν, romanizedRossikón Russian: Россикон) or New Russik (Greek: Νέο Ρωσικό, romanizedNeo Rosiko, Russian: Новый Руссик, romanizedNovyy Russik), is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos, located on the southwestern side of the peninsula of the North Aegean region of Greece. It is the Russian monastery on the peninsula. It houses Russian and Ukrainian monks, sent by the Russian Orthodox Church, and the liturgies are delivered in Russian, despite the fact that all monks on Mount Athos become citizens of Greece.