Monastery of Dormition of the Theotokos

The Monastery of Dormition of the Theotokos stands in the mountains of Thesprotia, near Filiates in northwestern Greece, a Byzantine religious monument dedicated to the Dormition, one of the great feasts of Orthodox theology. Its name links it to a monastic tradition that shaped the region across the Byzantine centuries, from the fourth to the fifteenth. Today the site is protected as an archaeological monument, preserving an important witness to the spiritual life of this rugged corner of Epirus for travelers who seek it out.