Monastery of Iviron

The Monastery of Iviron (Georgian: ქართველთა მონასტერი, romanized: kartvelta monast'eri; Greek: Μονή Ιβήρων, romanized: Monḗ Ivirōn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece.

The monastery was built under the supervision of two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike between AD 980–83 and housed Georgian clergy and priests.

John the Iberian was appointed as the abbot of the newly founded monastery in 980.

In 1005, Euthymius the Iberian became the secondary abbot of Iviron Monastery.

[1] In Greek, Iviron literally means "of the Iberians".