Bachkovo Monastery
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The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulga
Church of the Dormition, Bachkovo Monastery
The medieval ossuary
A 14th-century donor portrait in fresco of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander in the ossuary
The Cathedral Church of the Virgin Mary
Monastery of Iviron
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The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece. The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike
Monastery as seen from a nearby trail
Georgian Athonite Fathers: Tornike Eristavi, John the Iberian, Euthymius the Athonite, Gabriel the Iberian, and George the Hagiorite
Georgian manuscript from John Tornike's collection at the Iviron, 10th century
Monastery of Iviron, painted by Timote Gabashvili, 1750s