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The Monastery of Great Lavra (, Moní Megístis Lávras) is the first monastery built on Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in geographical Macedonia, northeastern Greece. It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of 160 m. The founding of the monastery in AD 963 by Athanasius the Athonite marks the beginning of the organized monastic life at Mount

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