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Konstamonitou Monastery (Athos)

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The '''Monastery of Konstamonitou''' (Greek: Κωνσταμονίτου) is one of twenty [[monastery|monasteries]] on the [[Mount Athos]] peninsula and is located on the southeastern side of the peninsula at an elevation of about 200 meters (650 feet) above the sea. It is twentieth in hierarchical rank among the monasteries. Having fallen in decline after a fire in the sixteenth century Konstamonitou was revived in the early nineteenth century.
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