Εικόνες Μονής Παντοκράτορος

Icons of the Pantokratoros Monastery

by Holy Monastery of Pantocrator

This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated examination of the many icons of Holy Monastery of Pantocrator, by the period of their creation and their significance. The Holy Monastery of Pantocrator, ranking seventh in the hierarchy of Athonite monasteries, stands on the nor th-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, by the sea. It was founded in 1363 by brothers, the military commander Alexios and the court official Ioannes. A ncient monastic houses were incorporated into the Pantocrator Monastery. Alexius died around 1368, and Ioannes retired to the Monastery in 1384 and was himself tonsured as a monk. A gift of the brothers is the icon of Christ Pantocrator, which is today in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Its katholikon, dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Savior, which was built with the rest of the Monastery, clearly followed its own independent course, both in its architecture and in its wall-paintings, dating back to the late 14th century. The sanctuary screen may be the oldest in Mount Athos. The Monastery possesses a considerable collection of relics of saints, a piece of the True Cross, and many other antiquities. The protecting icon of the Monastery is that of Our Lady Gerontissa, one of the Holy Mountain’s miracle-working icons.

Cover type: Hard
375 pages
Edition #1 published in 1998 by Ιερά Μονή Παντοκράτοροσ.
ISBN: 960-82658-0-7