Dionysiou monastery
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Dionysiou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
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 monastery
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 at the monastic state of Mount Athos
Mount Athos
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 in Greece
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 in southwest part of Athos peninsula. The monastery ranks fifth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It is one of the twenty self-governing monasteries in Athos, and it was dedicated to John the Baptist
John the Baptist
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The monastery was founded in the 14th century by saint Denys de Korisos, and it was named after him.

The library of the monastery housed 804 manuscripts, and more than 4,000 printed books. The oldest manuscripts came from the 11th century.

Today the monastery has a community of around 50 monks.

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