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Orthodox sites connect places through shared lineage, practice, story, and pilgrimage across the global atlas.

265 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.

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Orthodox sacred sites overview

Orthodox sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.

Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.

Orthodox sacred sites overview
Coverage265 Orthodox sacred places in the current atlas.
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UNESCO heritage40 UNESCO-tagged Orthodox sites appear in this browse view.

Showing 49-96 of 265 sites in this tradition guide

Church of Saint Spyridon, Corfu
Orthodox

Church of Saint Spyridon, Corfu

Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

The Church of Saint Spyridon stands within Corfu's old town, its bell tower marking a place central to the island's Orthodox life....

Church of St George at St John the New Monastery
UNESCORomanian Orthodox Christianity

Church of St George at St John the New Monastery

Inside St. John the New Monastery, Romania

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint George at Saint John the New Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of St Nicholas at Probota Monastery
UNESCORomanian Orthodox Christianity

Church of St Nicholas at Probota Monastery

Probota / Dolhasca, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint Nicholas at Probota Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery
UNESCORomanian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery

Mănăstirea Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist of Arbore
UNESCORomanian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist of Arbore

Arbore, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist at Arbore is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Raška District, Serbia

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is a documented church in Novi Pazar, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți
UNESCORomanian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți

Pătrăuți, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs

Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria

The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs is a medieval royal church at the foot of Tsarevets, now presented through the Regional Museum of History in Veliko Tarnovo....

Church of the Holy Mother of God Perivleptos
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Holy Mother of God Perivleptos

Ohrid, Ohrid, Ohrid Municipality, North Macedonia

Church of the Holy Mother of God Perivleptos is a documented church in Ohrid, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Church of the Nativity of Christ
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Nativity of Christ

Tarnovo pilgrimage circuit, Arbanasi, Bulgaria

The Church of the Nativity in Arbanasi is a protected historic church administered by the Regional Museum of History in Veliko Tarnovo....

Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos, Kučevište
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos, Kučevište

Kučevište, Kučevište, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality, Skopje Region, North Macedonia

Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos, Kučevište is a documented church in Kučevište, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Church of the Savior in Chazhashi
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Savior in Chazhashi

Chazhashi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

The record is limited to the Church of the Savior in Chazhashi and does not treat the entire village or every Svan tower as this sacred site.

Cocev Kamen
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Cocev Kamen

Šopsko Rudare, Šopsko Rudare, Kratovo Municipality, Northeastern North Macedonia, North Macedonia

Cocev Kamen is a documented archaeological site in Šopsko Rudare, North Macedonia, interpreted through ancient ritual and archaeological evidence....

Court Church at Ćipur
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Court Church at Ćipur

Cetinje, Cetinje, Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro

Court Church at Ćipur is a documented church in Cetinje, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Crna Reka Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Crna Reka Monastery

Ribariće, Ribariće / Tutin, Raška District, Serbia

Crna Reka Monastery is a documented monastery in Ribariće, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Dajbabe Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Dajbabe Monastery

Dajbabe, Dajbabe, Podgorica Capital City, Montenegro

Dajbabe Monastery is a documented monastery in Dajbabe, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Dionysiou Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Dionysiou Monastery

Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Access is restricted: Mount Athos requires a diamonitirion, and the avaton bars women from entry....

Dobrićevo Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Dobrićevo Monastery

Orah, Orah, Bileća Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dobrićevo Monastery is a documented monastery in Orah, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Dobrilovina Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Dobrilovina Monastery

Dobrilovina, Dobrilovina, Mojkovac / Žabljak region, Montenegro

Dobrilovina Monastery is a documented monastery in Dobrilovina, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Docheiariou Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Docheiariou Monastery

Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Docheiariou Monastery is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, not as a route label or nearby...

Dovolja Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Dovolja Monastery

Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro

Dovolja Monastery is a documented monastery in Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Dragalevtsi Monastery
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Dragalevtsi Monastery

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Dragalevtsi Monastery is a documented monastery in Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Dryanovo Monastery
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Dryanovo Monastery

Dryanovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria

Dryanovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Dryanovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Dubočica Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Dubočica Monastery

Otilovići, Otilovići, Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro

Dubočica Monastery is a documented monastery in Otilovići, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery

Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Raška District, Serbia

Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery is a documented monastery in Novi Pazar, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Dzveli Shuamta Monastery
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Dzveli Shuamta Monastery

Telavi, Kakheti, Georgia

This record is strictly the Old Shuamta complex in the forest; nearby New Shuamta is a separate active convent with its own entry.

Entoto Hamere Noah Kidane Mihret Monastery
Orthodox

Entoto Hamere Noah Kidane Mihret Monastery

Entoto, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Entoto Kidane Mihret is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo monastery on the northern edge of Addis Ababa's Entoto landscape....

Esphigmenou Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Esphigmenou Monastery

Mount Athos, monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece

Esphigmenou is an Eastern Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Ascension of Christ at the northern end of Mount Athos....

Etropole Monastery
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Etropole Monastery

Etropole, Sofia Province, Bulgaria

Etropole Monastery is a documented monastery in Etropole, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Fenek Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Fenek Monastery

Jakovo, Jakovo / Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia

Fenek Monastery is a documented monastery in Jakovo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Filotheou Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Filotheou Monastery

Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

The record concerns a living Athonite monastery within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Gergeti Trinity Church
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Gergeti Trinity Church

Stepantsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

The record covers Gergeti Trinity Church and its immediate ecclesiastical precinct above Stepantsminda, not Mount Kazbek or the wider valley.

Gigintsi Monastery
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Gigintsi Monastery

Gigintsi, Pernik Province, Bulgaria

Gigintsi Monastery, also called Chernogorski Monastery, is an active Orthodox monastery in Pernik Province....

Glozhene Monastery
Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity

Glozhene Monastery

Glozhene, Lovech Province, Bulgaria

Glozhene Monastery is a documented monastery in Glozhene, Lovech Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Gomionica Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Gomionica Monastery

Kmećani, Kmećani, Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gomionica Monastery is a documented monastery in Kmećani, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Gornjak Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Gornjak Monastery

Krepoljin, Krepoljin / Petrovac na Mlavi, Braničevo District, Serbia

Gornjak Monastery is a documented monastery in Krepoljin, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Gradac Monastery
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Gradac Monastery

Gradac, Gradac / Raška, Raška District, Serbia

Gradac Monastery is a documented monastery in Gradac, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Great Lavra Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Great Lavra Monastery

Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....

Gremi Church of the Archangels
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Gremi Church of the Archangels

Gremi, Kakheti, Georgia

The entry covers the Church of the Archangels within Gremi's monastic precinct, while the fortress and excavated town remain related but separate components.

Gudarekhi Monastery
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Gudarekhi Monastery

Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia

Gudarekhi Monastery is a documented monastery in Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Hilandar Monastery
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Hilandar Monastery

Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

The record concerns a living Athonite monastery within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron

Kalabaka, Thessaly, Greece

Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron is a living Orthodox monastery on a Meteora rock pillar in Kalabaka, Greece....

Holy Mountain of Grabarka
Orthodox Christianity

Holy Mountain of Grabarka

Grabarka-Klasztor, Grabarka-Klasztor, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Holy Mount Grabarka is a documented sacred natural site in Grabarka-Klasztor, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Holy Trinity Church, Berat
Orthodox Christianity

Holy Trinity Church, Berat

Berat, Berat, Berat County, Albania

Holy Trinity Church, Berat is a documented church in Berat, Berat County, Albania, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Holy Trinity Monastery of Saint Nektarios, Aegina
Orthodox

Holy Trinity Monastery of Saint Nektarios, Aegina

Kontos, Aegina, Attica, Greece

Near Kontos on Aegina, the Holy Trinity monastery and the large church of Saint Nektarios form a major Orthodox pilgrimage destination....

Holy Trinity Monastery, Meteora
UNESCOEastern Orthodox Christianity

Holy Trinity Monastery, Meteora

Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece

Holy Trinity Monastery, or Agia Triada, occupies an isolated Meteora rock above Kalambaka....

Holy Trinity Monastery, Pljevlja
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Holy Trinity Monastery, Pljevlja

Pljevlja, Pljevlja, Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro

Holy Trinity Monastery, Pljevlja is a documented monastery in Pljevlja, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Ikalto Monastery
Georgian Orthodox Christianity

Ikalto Monastery

Ikalto, Kakheti, Georgia

The entry covers Ikalto Monastery's church precinct and associated academy ruins, keeping both within the exact complex boundary.

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Key questions

Orthodox sacred-site questions

What are Orthodox sacred sites?

Orthodox sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.

Where can I find Orthodox sacred sites?

The strongest country clusters in this guide include Georgia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, North Macedonia, Cyprus.

What kinds of places are included?

The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.

Can I map Orthodox sacred sites?

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