Catholicon of Simonopetra

Photographer

Horlbeck, Frank R.

Date

• June 24, 1983

Summary

• Partial view of the catholicon (communal church) and the interior courtyard of the Simonopetra Monastery. The Simonopetra monastery was founded in the 14th century by the Blessed Simon. It is named after the founder and his patron saint, Simon Peter, and it is also referred to as Simonos Petras. The monastery is dedicated to the Nativity of Christ. Two fires in 1580 and 1626 and a third in 1891 devastated the monastery. The catholicon and many of the buildings were rebuilt after this last fire.