Rossikon

Saint Panteleimon Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Παντελεήμονος, romanized: Moní Agíou Panteleímonos, Russian: Монастырь Святого Пантелеймона), also known as Rossikon (Greek: Ρωσσικόν, romanized: RossikónRussian: Россикон) or New Russik (Greek: Νέο Ρωσικό, romanized: Neo Rosiko, Russian: Новый Руссик, romanized: Novyy Russik), is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodoxmonasteries on Mount Athos, located on the southwestern side of the peninsula of the North Aegean region of Greece. It is the Russian monastery on the peninsula. It houses Russian and Ukrainianmonks, sent by the Russian Orthodox Church, and the liturgies are delivered in Russian, despite the fact that all monks on Mount Athos become citizens of Greece.