Category: Sites of Historical – Cultural Interest

The Monastery of the Galaktotrophousa Virgin Mary is built in a magnificent location near the village of Anthousa, surrounded by a dense fir forest. Approximately half a kilometer to the north, near the Acheloos River, stands an elegant stone arch bridge, which historically connected Thessaly to Epirus via the Baros…

The monastery is located one kilometer north of Kleinovo, in a fir forest. It celebrates on June 29, the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. By Royal Decree of 1886 it was united with the other monastery of Kleinovo, the monastery of Chryssinos. The construction of the monastery is…

The monastery is located one kilometer north of the homonymous village of Kalambaka, outside the stone forest of Meteora. The year of its foundation is unknown. However, it is mentioned among the monasteries of Meteora in the year 1541, in a letter of Neophytos II, Bishop of Larissa, in which…

On the heights of Koperna, where the old village of Avra was located north of the current one, is the Monastery of Saint George of Avra. It is the Orthodox chapel of Saint George, which in recent years has been restored with the efforts of believers and its staffing by…

The Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Chrysinou was founded in 1740 and is located in the place Bouziania at 680 m. altitude. It was founded after the destruction of the monastery of the same name, which was located lower down in the position of Chania…

The Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Siamades is located in the municipality of Meteora, near the road Mourgani-Kastania, (at a distance of approximately 2 km from the main road). The first monastery, according to tradition, was originally built in the same area but in a different location, on the site…