New Athos

church in the New Athos (VI-VIII cc.)]] HISTORY A large ancient port town of Anacopia was recorded there in the . Anacopia was the capital of the Abkhazian princedom in the orbit of the Byzantine Empire and then of the Abkhazian Kingdom after the Abkhazian Archon Leon II declared himself a king in the late 8th Century . Later, the capital was moved to Kutaisi . MONASTERY In 1874 Russian monks from the overcrowded Rossikon Monastery on Mount Athos arrived to the Caucasus in order to find a place for possible resettlement. They feared that the Ottoman Empire would oust the Russians from Athos after the outbreak of the Impending Russo-Turkish War . They selected Psyrtskha, and the Neo-Byzantine New Athos Monastery , dedicated to St. Simon The Canaanite , was constructed there in the 1880s with funds provided by Tsar Alexander III Of Russia . Eventually Russian monks were permitted to stay in the "old" Athos, and the New Athos monastery had much less occupancy than anticipated. The scenic setting of the New Athos monastery by the sea has made it a popular destination with Russian tourists visiting Abkhazia.
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