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[[Image:Iviron_Sea.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Looking toward the sea from the main entrance of Iviron Monastery]]
{{Athonitemonastery|
name=Holy Monastery of Iviron|
The monastic community is charged with restoration of damaged and ruined buildings in its care around the main monastery complex. Also, the [[skete]] of St. [[John the Baptist]] belongs to the monastery.
== Treasury==
The most famous and miraculous [[icon]] in Mount Athos, the [[Panagia Portaitissa]], is the monastery's prized possession.
<gallery>
Image:Portaitissa.jpg|Icon #1: [[Panagia Portaitissa]]
Image:PanagiaPantanassa.jpg|Icon #2: [[Panagia Pantanassas]]
Image:Panagia_Paramythea.jpg|Icon #3: [[Panagia Paramythea]]
</gallery>
The monastery is noted for many of its architectural features, including the columns in the nave, the post-Byzantine [[iconostasis]] of wood, the carved door into the inner narthex, and the katholikon frescos. Especially of note is the seven-branched silver lampstand that was presented by the people of Moscow in 1818 to [[Archimandrite]] Cyril for his monastery. The lampstand is shaped in the form of a lemon tree with thirty glided lemons on it. Additionally, Iviron houses one of the richest and most valuable collection of investments and treasures among the communities on Mount Athos.
