Back Hilandar-klooster Afrikaans Хилендарски манастир Bulgarian Manastir Hilandar BS Monestir de Khilandar Catalan Klášter Chilandar Czech Kloster Hilandar German Μονή Χιλανδαρίου Greek Monasterio de Hilandar Spanish Hilandar monasterioa Basque Chilandárin luostari Finnish
Хиландар Χιλανδαρίου | |
 Exterior view | |
  Location within Mount Athos | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Holy Imperial Monastery of Hilandar |
| Order | Monastic community of Mount Athos |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1198 |
| Dedicated to | Three-handed Theotokos (Virgin Mary) The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Saint Sava and Saint Symeon |
| Archbishop | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
| Site | |
| Location | Mount Athos, Greece |
| Coordinates | 40°20′46″N 24°07′08″E / 40.346111°N 24.118889°E |
| Public access | Men only |
The Hilandar Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Хиландар, romanized: Manastir Hilandar, pronounced [xilǎndaːr], Greek: Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It was founded in 1198 by Stefan Nemanja (Saint Symeon) and his son Saint Sava. St. Symeon was the former Grand Prince of Serbia (1166–1196) who upon relinquishing his throne took monastic vows and became an ordinary monk. He joined his son Saint Sava who was already in Mount Athos and who later became the first Archbishop of Serbia. Upon its foundation, the monastery became a focal point of the Serbian religious and cultural life,[1][2] as well as assumed the role of "the first Serbian university".[3] It is ranked fourth in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.[4] The Mother of God through her Icon of the Three Hands (Trojeručica) is considered the monastery's abbess.[5]
The monastery contains about 45 working monks.[when?]
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 38.
- ^ Ken Parry (10 May 2010). The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 233ff. ISBN 978-1-4443-3361-9.
- ^ Om Datt Upadhya (1 January 1994). The Art of Ajanta and Sopoćani: A Comparative Study : an Enquiry in Prāṇa Aesthetics. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 65ff. ISBN 978-81-208-0990-1.
- ^ "The administration of Mount Athos". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ Hilandar – The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity
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