Koutloumousiou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked sixth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.
About this building
The monastery is first mentioned in a document of 1169, though some sources attribute its foundation to Alexios I, prince of Wallachia. It was a rather modest monastery until the 14th century when its community grew and acquired some properties in Macedonia and in Wallachia.
The monastery's library holds 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books.
