Agiou Pavlou is a monastery on Mount Athos, ranked 14th in the Athonite hierarchy. The article gives no architect, style, materials or dimensions, so this entry covers its history. Saint Paul of Xeropotamou founded it in the late 10th or early 11th century. Documents show it independent of Xeropotamou by 1035. It was first dedicated to Saint George, and later to the Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple.
Between 1355 and 1365, Antonije Bagaš and Nikola Radonja bought and restored the ruined monastery, and Bagaš became abbot. A Serbian source credits Gerasim, not those two, with the restoration. On October 14, 1410, Đurađ Branković donated Kuzmin to the monastery.
The library holds 494 manuscripts and over 12,000 printed books. About 31 working monks live there, and the community has two sketes. Access is restricted to men.
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