Zograf Monastery

Zografou

Ζωγράφου
External view of the monastery.
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Full name	Holy Monastery of Zografou
Order	Ecumenical Patriarchate
Established	Late 9th or early 10th century, 919 in some sources
Dedicated to	Saint George
Diocese	Mount Athos
People
Founder(s)	Moses, Aaron and John (all from Ohrid)
Prior	Archimandrite Elder Ambrosius
Site
Location	Mount Athos, Greece
Coordinates	40°18′21″N 24°09′37″E / 40.30583°N 24.16028°E / 40.30583; 24.16028
Public access	Men only
Other information	https://zograf.eu/
Website	https://zograf.eu/

The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery (Bulgarian: Зографски манастир; Greek: Μονή Ζωγράφου, Moní Zográphou) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos (the "Holy Mountain") in Greece. It was founded in the late 9th or early 10th century by three Bulgarians from Ohrid and is regarded as the historical Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos, and is traditionally inhabited by Bulgarian Orthodox monks.

The monastery is named after the 13th or 14th century icon of Saint George, known as Saint George the Zograf (Светѝ Гео̀рги Зогра̀ф). The name of the latter comes from the belief that the icon mysteriously painted itself on the prepared board (zograf(os) in Greek means "painter" (from zoe="life" and graphos="scribe").