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The '''Monastery of Vatopedi''' is one of twenty monasteries on the [[Mount Athos]] peninsula and is located on the northeastern side of the peninsula. It is second in hierarchical rank among the monasteries. The name of Vatopedi is derived from the flora of the surrounding countryside (‘‘vatos’’ ‘‘vatos'' = shrub, ‘‘pedion’’ ‘‘pedion'' = plain or ground).
The [[monastery]] was founded in 972 by three [[monk]]s, Athanasius, Nicholas, and Antonius who were students of St. Anthanasius of Lavra and operates as a coenobium. The major parts of the monastery were constructed during the Byzantine period and then later during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when it reached its peak. The monastery is monumental in size with a tall wall in which the buildings are placed in triangular form.
