Koutloumousiou Monastery


The Koutloumousiou Monastery or Koutloumousi 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 26 working monks.

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