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{{Athonitemonastery|
name=Holy Monastery of Gregoriou |
rank=Seventeenth|
type=Cenobitic Monastery|
founded=14th Century by St. Gregory the Younger|
superior=''unknown''|
size=''unknown''|
location=''unknown''|
language=Greek|
music=[[Byzantine chant]]|
feasts=[[December 6|Nicholas of Myra]]|
}}
The '''Gregoriou Monastery''' is situated on the southwest side of the Athos Peninsula in northern Greece, between the monasteries of Dionysiou and Simonopetra. Gregoriou originally was dedicated to the [[Nicholas of Myra|St. Nicholas]] but later was renamed in honor of its founder, Gregory. It is ranked seventeenth in the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries located on the [[Mount Athos]] peninsula. Gregoriou is reputed to be one of the most well-organized and strict coenobitic monasteries on the Mount Athos peninsula.
