Saint Athanasios of Athos | |
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![]() Fresco of St. Athanasios the Athonite in Protaton, Athos, Greece | |
Born | c. 920 Trebizond, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Trabzon, Turkey) |
Died | c. 1003 Mount Athos, Greece |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church |
Major shrine | Great Lavra Monastery, Mount Athos |
Feast | 5 July |
Athanasius the Athonite (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης; c. 920 – c. 1003), was a Byzantine monk who is considered the founder of the monastic community on the peninsula of Mount Athos, which has since evolved into the greatest centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.[1]