The monastery Iveron

Iveron
Dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, this monastery, the third in the hierarchy, was found-ed by Ioannis Tornikios and the Iberians (Georgians) Georgios and Euthymios in the last quarter of the l0th century A.D. The Palaiologoi, the princes of Iberia and the Serb kral Stephen Dusan all endowed the monastery with new buildings. It was also given support by many of the patriarchs, mainly during the Ottoman occupation.
Iveron
Monastery Iveron

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