List of Eastern Orthodox monasteries

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This is a list of Eastern Orthodox monasteries that are individually notable.

In Europe

Albania

Austria

  • Agia Skepi and Saint Paisios Monastery, Sankt Andrä am Zicksee, Austria[1]

Belgium

  • Monastery of the Mother of God, Diksmuide, Belgium[2]

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

  • Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex
  • Monastery of St Antony and St Cuthbert, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom[3]
  • Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and St. John Jacob of Hozeva, Stanbridge, UK
  • Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints of Iona, Isle of Iona, UK[4]
  • Monastery of All Celtic Saints, Kilninian, Isle of Mull, UK[5]
  • Monastery of St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Daniel the Hermit, and St. Sophronius the Athonite, Canterbury, UK
  • Monastery of the Holy Trinity, St. Davids, Wales, UK[6]

Finland

France

  • Monestary of The Resurrection, Villardonnel, France[7]
  • Monastery of the Protection of the Theotokos [fr], Bussy-en-Othe, France
  • Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God, La Faurie [fr], La Faurie, France[8]
  • Monastery of The Nativity of the Mother of God [fr], Godoncourt, France.[9]
  • Monastery of The Most-Holy Mother of God, Provemont, France.[10]
  • Monestary of St Silouane Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay, France[11]
  • Monestary of Our Lady of Korsun, Grassac, France[12]
  • Monastery of the Mother of God, Marcenat, France[citation needed]
  • Skete of the Holy Spirit [fr], Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France[13]
  • Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Saint-Georges-Buttavent, France[14]
  • Monastery of St Hilaire and St John Damascus, Uchon, France[15]
  • Monastery of St Clair and St Maurin, Lectoure, France[16]

Georgia

German

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

Main article: Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

Cyprus

Greece

Meteora

Epirus

Mount Athos

Ireland

  • Orthodox Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring, Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland[22]

Italy

  • San Giovanni Theristis
  • Monastery of Saint Cosmas and Damian, Montecorvino Rovella, Province of Salerno, Italy[23]
  • Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis, Bivongi, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Italy[24]
  • Monastery of Christ Pantocrator, Arona, Province of Novara, Italy[25]

Netherlands and Luxembourg

  • Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Heusden Gem Asten, Netherlands[26]
  • Monastery of Timios Prodromos, The Hague, Netherlands[27]
  • Monastery of Saint Nicholas, Hemelum, Netherlands[28]

North Macedonia

Norway

  • Monastery of Saint Olav, Sylte, Norway[29]
  • Skete of Saint Tryphon, Hurdal Municipality, Hurdal, Norway[30]

Poland

Romania

Main article: List of Romanian Orthodox monasteries

Russia

See also: List of Russian Orthodox monasteries

Moscow

Elsewhere

Spain and Portugal

  • Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Pedrogão, Portugal[31]
  • Monastery of Saint Paraskevi, Vilaller, Spain[32]

Sweden

  • Monestary of St. George, Olofström, Sweden[33]

Switzerland

  • Monastery of Protection-of-the-Mother-of-God, Haut-Intyamon, Switzerland[34]
  • Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Dompierre, Switzerland[35]

Ukraine

In the Americas

Argentina

Canada

United States

Main article: List of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in the United States

In Asia

Holy Land

Turkey

See also

  • List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
  • Lavra, a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits
  • Metochion, an ecclesiastical embassy church within the Eastern Orthodox tradition
  • Stauropegion, a monastery or parish not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop, but directly under the primate or Holy Synod of a particular Church. Also called stauropegic, stavropegion

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