Vatopedi Monastery

{{stack| {{Infobox monastery | name = The Sacred Patriarchal and Stavopegial Monastery of Vatopedi | native_name = | native_name_lang = grc | image = Vatopedi monastery.jpg | alt = | caption = External view of the monastery | full = | other_names = | denomination = Eastern Orthodoxy | established = mid 10th century | dedication = Annunciation | archdiocese = Constantinople (Stavropegial) | churches = Skete of Saint Andrew; Skete of Saint Demetrius | founder = Athanasius, Nicholas and Antonius (all from Adrianople) | abbot = Archimandrite Ephraim | archbishop = Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople | archdeacon = | people = Elder Joseph (1921-2009); Gregorius, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis & Vatopedi; Elder Philippos; Elder Minas; Elder Neophytos; Elder Arkadius; Cosmas of Aetolia | status = Open and functioning | heritage_designation = UNESCO World Heritage Site | designated_date = 1988 | style = | location = Mount Athos | country = greece | map_type = Mount Athos | coord = | mapframe = | coordinates = | oscoor = | public_access = Men only, with an access permit (διαμονητήριον) | other_info = 7 miraculous icons of Virgin Mary: Elaiovrytissa, Ktetorissa (Vimatarissa), Esphagmeni, Pantanassa, Pyrovolitheisa, Antiphonitria and Paramythia | website = Vatopedi at the Mount Athos website }} right|thumb|240px|Interior thumb|240px|Overview right|thumb|The Holy Trinity, fresco on the ceiling of the entrance (πρόστωον) of the [[katholikon at Vatopedi.]] thumb|Frescoes }} The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi (, ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th and 19th centuries. More than 120 monks live in the monastery.

==History== Vatopedi was built on the site of an early Christian settlement dating from Late Antiquity. In 2000, the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities excavated the foundations of an early Christian basilica to the north of the current katholikon of Vatopedi.