The Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (in Latin: abbatia territorialis B. Mariae Cryptaeferratae), also known as the Greek Abbey of San Nilo, is one of the three ecclesiastical districts of the Byzantine Catholic Church in Italy.
Located in the municipality of the same name near Rome, it belongs to the ecclesiastical region of Lazio. In 2016 it had 12 baptized out of 12 inhabitants. The seat is vacant.
Currently, the Greek Abbey of Grottaferrata is the last of the many Byzantine monasteries that were widespread throughout southern Italy and in Rome itself in the Middle Ages.
It is also unique in that, founded fifty years before the Schism that led to the separation of the Churches of Rome and Constantinople, it has always been in communion with the Bishop of Rome, while preserving the Byzantine-Greek rite and the oriental monastic tradition of the origins.
The monks of the exarchic monastery, forming the Italian Congregation of Basilian Monks (O.S.B.I.), come mainly from the Italo-Albanian communities and practice liturgy and tradition according to the Byzantine rite.
Currently, the Abbey of Grottaferrata is the last of the numerous Byzantine monasteries that in the Middle Ages were widespread throughout southern Italy and in the Roman capital itself.
Since 1931 it has housed the Ancient Book Restoration Laboratory, the first scientific laboratory for the safeguarding of the bibliographic heritage in Italy. Formerly a national monument, it is protected by MIBACT, which manages the historical-artistic heritage with the Lazio Museum Complex.
Territorial Abbey, Exarchical Monastery of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata | Greek Abbey of San Nilo
Address: Corso del Popolo, 128, 00046
Phone: 06 945 9309
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