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Full name Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou Order Ecumenical Patriarchate Dedicated to Transfiguration of the Saviour Prior Archimandrite Elder Christodoulos Similar Stavronikita monastery, Philotheou monastery, Pantokratoros Monastery, Iviron monastery, Karakalou monastery | ||
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The Koutloumousiou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) or Koutloumousi (Κουτλουμούσι) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks sixth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
The monastery was raised with the help of voivodes Nicolae Alexandru and Vladislav Vlaicu from Wallachia.
Among the treasures of the monastery is the purported largest relic of the True Cross.
The monastery's library contains 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books.
It has 20 working monks.
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