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Zograf Monastery

Also known as Zografou

Zograf Monastery is the Bulgarian monastery of Mount Athos in northern Greece, traditionally founded in the late 10th century and dedicated to Saint George. Its name, 'the painter', comes from a legend of an icon that painted itself. It has long been a centre of Bulgarian culture: there in 1762 the monk Paisius of Hilendar completed his Slavonic-Bulgarian History, which helped begin the Bulgarian national revival.

Zograf Monastery
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Monastic Community of Mount Athos

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Zograf Monastery. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zograf-monastery
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The Epoch Institute. “Zograf Monastery.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zograf-monastery.
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