Agios Nilos, Mount Athos

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Agios Nilos (also spelled Agios Neilos; {{langx|el|Άγιος Νείλος}}) is the name of an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra.{{cite book|last=Howorth|first=Peter|title=Mount Athos: The Holy Mountain|date=2022|publisher=Filathonites|isbn=978-0-473-41386-6}} It is located on the southeastern side of Mount Athos. It is named after Saint Nilos the Myrrh-streamer,{{Cite web|url=https://orthodoxtimes.com/memory-of-the-saint-nilus-the-myrrh-gusher-of-mount-athos/|title=Memory of the Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos|work=Orthodox Times}}{{cite web | author=Σαν Σήμερα .gr | title=Όσιος Νείλος | website=Σαν Σήμερα .gr | url=https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/1066 | language=el | access-date=2022-06-09}}{{cite web | title=«Ο Άγιος δεν επιθυμεί την εύρεση του τάφου του»-Ο άγιος Νείλος ο Αγιορείτης και Μυροβλύτης | website=ΧΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΧΩΡΗΤΟΥ | url=https://choratouaxoritou.gr/?p=163230 | language=el | access-date=2022-06-09}} who was a hermit in the cell of the Virgin Mary that now bears his name. Today the monks at Agios Nilos are engaged in hagiography and handicrafts.

The Cave of Saint Nilos the Myrrh-streamer, also known as the Cave of Saint Petra of the Virgin Mary, is located in a location called Perdiki.{{cite book|title=Mount Athos: Pilgrimage to "The Garden of Virgin Mary"|last=Lilios|first=Loukas K.|translator-first=Vlachoutsakou|date=2017|translator-last=Konstantina|publisher=Lilios Publishers|publication-place=Livadia|isbn=978-618-81848-6-2}}{{rp|71}}