Grote Lavra gesticht op de Athosberg

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The Monastery of Great Lavra (Greek: Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας, Moní Megístis Lávras) is the first monastery built on Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in geographical Macedonia, northeastern Greece. It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of 160 metres (170 yd). The founding of the monastery in AD 963 by Athanasius the Athonite marks the beginning of the organized monastic life at Mount Athos.

Personen

• Theodoric the Great · 454 CE – 526 CE
• Alfred the Great · 849 CE – 899 CE
• Otto I the Great · 912 CE – 973 CE
• Abbas the Great · 1571 CE – 1629 CE

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