Great Lavra
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Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Lavra Monastery | 4 |
| Great Lavra canonical | 2 |
| Great Lavra monastery | 1 |
| Great Lavra of Mount Athos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lavra Context triple: [Mount Athos, hasMonastery, Great Lavra]
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A.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
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B.
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a major Russian Orthodox monastery and historical complex in Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great and dedicated to the medieval prince and saint Alexander Nevsky.
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C.
Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
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D.
St. Stephen Monastery
St. Stephen Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece, known for its dramatic setting and religious significance.
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E.
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lavra Target entity description: Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
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A.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
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B.
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a major Russian Orthodox monastery and historical complex in Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great and dedicated to the medieval prince and saint Alexander Nevsky.
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C.
Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
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D.
St. Stephen Monastery
St. Stephen Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece, known for its dramatic setting and religious significance.
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E.
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious institution
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ monastery ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo | men ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Byzantine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athonite monasticism
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ hesychast tradition ⓘ
surface form:
Hesychasm
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Annunciation
ⓘ
surface form:
Annunciation of the Theotokos
Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated) ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Athanasius the Athonite
|
| denomination |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
| followsCalendar | Julian calendar ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated)
ⓘ
surface form:
Athanasius of Athos
|
| founder |
Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated)
ⓘ
surface form:
Athanasius of Athos
|
| governedBy |
abbot
ⓘ
monastic council ⓘ |
| governs | dependent sketes ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
icons
ⓘ
liturgical objects ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapels
ⓘ
fortified walls ⓘ frescoes ⓘ icons ⓘ katholikon ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ refectory ⓘ relics ⓘ scriptorium ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
|
| inception | 963 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Patriarchate of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
|
| languageUsed | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greece
ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern side of Mount Athos peninsula ⓘ |
| monasticTradition | cenobitic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Athonite monastic communities
ⓘ
surface form:
Athonite monastic community
Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Athos World Heritage Site
|
| recognizedBy |
Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek state
UNESCO ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| significance |
important site of Byzantine monasticism
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major spiritual center of Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ oldest monastery on Mount Athos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Lavra Description of subject: Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gregory Palamas
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra of Mount Athos
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra Monastery
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra Monastery
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra Monastery
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra Monastery
subject surface form:
Athanasius of Athos
subject surface form:
Athanasius of Athos
this entity surface form:
Great Lavra monastery