The Monastery of St. John the Theologian is ( el, Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου στη Σουρωτή) a
Greek Orthodox Christian nunnery located in
Souroti
Souroti ( el, Σουρωτή), a rural village in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Greece is located outside of the city of Thessaloniki. In Greece the village is particularly known for the mineral water bottled there. Administratively it belo ...
, Greece. It was founded in 1967.
The tomb of Saint
Paisios of Mount Athos
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos ( el, Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης, ; secular name: Arsenios Eznepidis ( el, Αρσένιος Εζνεπίδης); 1924–1994), was a well-known Greek Eastern Orthodox ascetic from Mount A ...
is located in the monastery. The relics of Saint
Arsenios the Cappadocian
Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (Greek: Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Καππαδόκης; April 7, 1840 – November 10, 1924), born in Kephalochori, Cappadocia ( el, Κεφαλοχώρι) was a Greek dean and the spiritual father of Elder P ...
are also kept in the monastery.
The monastery has a publishing house that publishes books in both Greek and English.
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Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece
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