{{Short description|Monastery on the island of Lesbos, Greece}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox church | name = Saint Ignatios Monastery | full_name = | other_name = Limonos Monastery | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Μονή Ταξιαρχών Λειμώνος ΛΕΣΒΟΣ (1).jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = External view of the monastery
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| embedded = }} The '''Saint Ignatios Monastery''' is a Greek Orthodox monastery, located outside the city of Kalloni on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. It is also known as the '''Limonas Monastery''' or the '''Limonos Monastery''', due to the field on which it is built.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=39713 |title=Monastery of Leimon (Moni Leimonos) |work= |date= |access-date= }}</ref>
thumb|left|Interior Founded in 1526 by Saint Ignatios Agallianos, the monastery contains many important relics collected over the years and houses a library which contains many manuscripts and icons. It now has over 2,500 volumes of books and 450 manuscripts and Greek and Ottoman documents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://84.205.233.134/index_en.php |title=Leimonos Monastery |work= |date= |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706025326/http://84.205.233.134/index_en.php |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref>
== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Architecture|Christianity|Greece}}}} * Church of Greece * List of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece
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== External links == * {{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/art2/greekislands/lesbos/lmon/index.html |title=Limonos Monastery |work=angelfire.com |date= |access-date= |format=Photos }}
{{Landmarks of Lesbos}} {{Churches in Greece}}
Category:1526 establishments in Europe Category:16th-century religious buildings and structures in Europe Category:Churches in Lesbos Category:Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece
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