Monastery of Faneromeni
Tucked into a cave southwest of the broad, thick-sand bay near Ierapetra in Crete's Lasithi region, the Monastery of Faneromeni, known locally as Pana…
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Tucked into a cave southwest of the broad, thick-sand bay near Ierapetra in Crete's Lasithi region, the Monastery of Faneromeni, known locally as Pana…
High on the southern slopes of Mount Ida near the village of Voriza, the Monastery of Valsamonero keeps watch over the Mesara Plain, some 55 kilometre…
High in the hills of the Phaistos region, the Byzantine monastery of Vrontisiou preserves a quiet chapter of Crete's medieval Christian past. Its cath…
The Monastery of Agios Georgios Gorgolaïnis (or Gorgolaïni), 24 kilometres south of Heraklion near the village of Kato Asites, stands at 480 metres on…
High on the north slopes of Mount Dikti, some 650 metres above sea level and about fifty kilometres east of Heraklion, the Monastery of Keras Kardioti…
The Monastery of Panagia Keragoniotissa is a Byzantine religious house in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, within the Municipality of Agios Nikola…
Near the village of Roustika in the Rethymnon region of Crete stands the Monastery of Prophet Elias, an Orthodox house of worship dedicated to the pro…
The Monastery of Saint Anthony at Syrmesso, near Fourni and Neapolis in Lasithi, is a 16th-century foundation now abandoned, with only its katholikon …
Perched on a fertile plateau about 23 kilometres southeast of Rethymno in Crete, Arkadi Monastery is a Greek Orthodox house of worship whose roots rea…
High in the countryside of Rethymno, near the village of Livada in the Anogeia region, the Monastery of St. George Diskouriou belongs to the Byzantine…
On the road to ancient Aptera, a stone enclosure marks the Metochi of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian of Patmos, a Byzantine dependency of …
Near the village of Nerokourou in the Chania region, the Monastery of Saint George carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its Greek na…
Near Chania, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopigi, also called Zoodochos Pigi, was founded at the end of the sixteenth century by the doctor Ioannis Harto…
In the Korakies area of Chania, the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist stands as a quiet remnant of Crete's medieval monastic tradition. Dedicated to…
On the Akrotiri peninsula near Chania, the Holy Trinity Monastery of Tzagarolon rises from the Cretan landscape, founded in 1601 by two brothers of th…
The Arkoudospilios (Cave of Panagia Arkoudiotissa) is on the Akrotiri peninsula near the Monastery of Gouverneto in Chania. A two-kilometre path throu…
Tucked into the Avlaki gorge near the Gouvernetou Monastery, this ruined complex is dedicated to Saint John the Hermit, who is said to have died in th…
Perched on the heights of Santorini, the Byzantine Monastery of St. Nicholas carries a sacred history far older than its Christian walls. Long before …
High above the Laconian coast in eastern Mani stands the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, a protected Byzantine monument whose stone wa…
On the island of Symi, within the regional unit of Rhodes, the Monastery of St. Constantine carries Byzantine origins into the present. Its exact foun…
Clinging to the steep south coast of Amorgos some 300 metres above the sea, the Holy Monastery of Hozoviotissa is a Byzantine foundation dating to 108…
The fortified monastery of Kyra Psili, a castle-monastery in good condition, clings to the north-western flank of Mt. Koukoúla, above the Vathýs valle…
Standing quietly in Marathí on the island of Páros, the Monastery of St. Minas carries the measured calm of a place built for reflection. Its founding…
The Monastery of Panagia Elona clings to a steep slope of Mount Parnon in Arcadia, a Byzantine-era foundation that seems to grow from the rock itself.…
The old monastery of Vulcanus, known in Greek as Ι. Μονή Βουλκάνου (παλαιά), stands in Messenia near the village of Mavrommati, a Byzantine monastic f…
The Strofades are a pair of small, rocky islands some 44 kilometres south-southeast of Zakynthos, thinly vegetated and notable for their birdlife, whi…
Perched at 454 metres on the southeastern slopes of Mount Eros, the Monastery of Prophet Elias offers a quiet, elevated retreat above the busy harbour…
The Monastery of Theotokos Tourliani rises in Ano Mera, the inland village of Mykonos, a Byzantine foundation dedicated to the Virgin Mary and among t…
On Mykonos, within the municipality that bears the island's name, the Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon stands as a Byzantine monument to the Aegean…
The Monastery of St. Marina on Kea wraps its precinct around a striking survivor: a five-storey, square Hellenistic tower, roughly ten metres to a sid…
The Old Monastery of Talantio stands in the countryside of Argolis near Nafplio, a Byzantine foundation dating to around 1400. This protected heritage…
The Holy Monastery of Skafidias stands near the west coast of the Peloponnese, about 18 kilometres from Pyrgos, and is unusual in combining a working …
Set in the hills of Elis in the northwestern Peloponnese, the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at Nikava preserves the quiet legacy of Byzantine mona…
High on the slopes above the village of Vourliotes on Samos, the Vronta Monastery keeps a quiet, stone-built presence. Also known as Panagia Vrontiani…
The Monastery of Anafonitria, founded in the middle of the fifteenth century, stands on Zakynthos as a post-Byzantine castle-monastery. Its most strik…
The Monastery of St John the Baptist, or Prodromos, on Zakynthos holds the remnants of a defensive tower built in the early 17th century. The monaster…
On the Kanoni peninsula, south of the city, the small Monastery of Vlachernon is connected to the mainland by a footbridge. First mentioned in 1568, i…
The Monastery of Kaisariani lies in a deep, green valley on the slopes of Mount Hymettus, two kilometres from the modern suburb of the same name. The …
High in the hills of Ano Trikala, within the municipality of Xylokastro-Evrostini in Corinthia, the Monastery of Saint Blasios stands as a quiet witne…
On the slopes of Mount Hymettos in Attica stands the Monastery of St. John Kynigos, a Byzantine foundation from the early 12th century. Its curious na…
High on the slopes of Mount Chelmos near Kalavryta, the Monastery of Agia Lavra has watched over Achaea since 961, making it one of the oldest monaste…
On the slopes of Mount Penteli above Athens, the Monastery of Pantokrator Daou preserves the memory of a Byzantine-era foundation begun in the sixteen…
On the southern slope of Mount Penteli, the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, known simply as the Penteli Monastery, was founded in 1578 by…
Founded in 1401, the Monastery of Prophet Elias stands in the hills of Xylokastro-Eurostini in Corinthia, a Byzantine monument from the twilight of th…
The Monastery of Mega Spilaio (Great Cave) clings stubbornly to a spacious cave at the base of a vast, sheer rock face of Mount Chelmos, at an altitud…
At the foot of Mount Ainos near the village of Fragata on Kefalonia, the Monastery of St. Gerasimos occupies ground with deep roots. It was raised upo…
Set in the Boeotian landscape near Plataiae, within the municipality of Thebae, the Monastery of Holy Trinity is a Byzantine religious sanctuary whose…
High on the hill of Sagmata in Boeotia, this Byzantine monastery still raises its stone walls above the surrounding plain, a landmark visible from far…
Near the village of Drymonas in Phocis, the Monastery of the Forerunner stands as a quiet witness to centuries of Orthodox monastic life. Dedicated to…
On the eastern coast of Chios, about eight kilometres north of the island's main town and three from Vrontados, the Monastery of Myrtidiotissa sits at…
The Monastery of St George Arma stands 8 km east of Fylla, 20 km from Halkida. Only the katholikon survives; the rest of the complex succumbed to dest…
The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Mikrokastro, Kozani, is a significant landmark of the Metropolis of Sisani and Siatista. Its e…
The Monastery of St. John ton Moundon stands in the quiet countryside of northwestern Chios, about 700 metres north of the village of Diefcha. Dedicat…
The Monastery of Prophet Elias near Chrissó in Phocis is a Byzantine foundation dated to 1019, one of the many monastic houses that once dotted the Gr…
The Monastery of St. George near Malesina, a protected Byzantine foundation, began in the eleventh century, founded by two monks from Mount Athos and …
The Monastery of Pantanassa, whose name means Queen of All, is a Byzantine foundation set in the rugged landscape of Phocis. Like many monastic commun…
The Monastery of Prophet Elijah stands on a rocky spur northwest of the mountain village of Zeli in Fthiotida, Central Greece, reached by an eleven-ki…
The Monastery of Rentina stands in the Karditsa region of central Greece, within the Municipality of Sofades, a Byzantine religious foundation that ca…
On the island of Skopelos in the Sporades, the Monastery of St. John the Baptist stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine devotion in the Aegean. Its …
The Monastery of Blachernae in Arta is a Byzantine foundation, distinct from its more famous Constantinopolitan namesake. The site takes its name from…
High on a hillside four kilometres north of Skiathos town, the Monastery of Evangelistria is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Kollyva…
Set in the countryside near Karditsa, the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at Paliori belongs to the Byzantine monastic tradition that shaped so much…
Perched on the rock that gives it its name, the Monastery of Petra and its Church of the Transfiguration rise in the Agrafa highlands northwest of Kat…
The Monastery of Seltsos stands in the Arta region of northwestern Greece, in the Municipality of Georgios Karaiskakis, where it was built in 1697. It…
High on the slopes of South Pelion in Magnesia, the Monastery of the Archangels keeps watch over a landscape steeped in Byzantine memory. Dedicated to…
Set in the Pylae district of Trikala, the Monastery of Saint George belongs to a landscape rich in Byzantine religious architecture. Excavations carri…
The Monastery of the Presentation of the Theotokos was an important foundation of the Palaiologan period, regularly visited by the imperial court for …
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian stands in wooded country just outside the village of Zarko, near the border with Larissa prefecture. Founde…
The Monastery of Dormition of the Theotokos stands in the mountains of Thesprotia, near Filiates in northwestern Greece, a Byzantine religious monumen…
Perched on a rock pillar in the Meteora landscape near Kalambaka, Roussanou Monastery is a Byzantine foundation whose recorded history reaches back to…
Perched among the dramatic rock formations of Meteora near Kalambaka in Trikala, the Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapafsas takes its name from words m…
Perched atop a towering rock pillar near Kalampaka in Trikala, Varlaam Monastery belongs to the extraordinary Meteora complex, where Byzantine monasti…
High in the mountainous country around Zitsa, in the Ioannina region of northwestern Greece, the Monastery of Prophet Elijah preserves the quiet digni…
High in the mountains around Metsovo, in the Ioannina region of Greece, the Monastery of St. Nicholas stands as a protected monument from the Byzantin…
Near Stomio in the Larissa region stands the Monastery of St. Demetrios, a Byzantine foundation whose surviving katholikon is a triconch church, its p…
In the Zagori region of Ioannina, the Monastery of Spiliotissa stands as a quiet testament to the spiritual life of northwestern Greece. Founded in 16…
Near Torniki in the Grevena region, the Monastery of Dormition of Theotokos rises on a low hill above the Aliakmonas River. Founded in the twelfth cen…
High on Mount Kallistratos in western Macedonia, at 535 metres, the Monastery of St. Nikanor commands a sweeping view over the Aliakmonas river, near …
Set on the slopes of Mount Olympus in north-east Thessaly, the Monastery of Kanalon is a Greek Orthodox convent with deep Byzantine roots. Its full de…
High on the slopes of Mount Olympus in Pieria, the Monastery of Kanalon of Olympus holds a quiet place among the mountain's historic religious houses.…
The Monastery of Dionysiou, founded in 1520, stands as a post-Byzantine castle-monastery in good condition. It forms part of the fortified architectur…
On the remote Athos peninsula of Halkidiki, the Monastery of Gregoriou has stood since 1301, one of the Byzantine foundations that shaped this isolate…
The Holy Monastery of Philotheou stands on the northeast side of Mount Athos, between the Kathisma of Mylopotamos and Karakallou Monastery, on a woode…
Set in the Kozani region within the Municipality of Voio, the Monastery of the Holy Trinity is a Byzantine sanctuary that carries the quiet authority …
On the western coast of the Athonite peninsula in Halkidiki stands the Monastery of Xeropotamou, a Byzantine foundation whose Greek name, meaning "dry…
The Monastery of Iviron, third in rank among the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos, was founded in 980 by John Tornikios, an Iberian monk and former B…
The Monastery of Docheiariou, tenth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries, traces its foundation to the second half of the 10th century. Its or…
Stavronikita, the last of the great Athonite monasteries to be formally consecrated, received its official status in 1536, though its story begins muc…
On the Athos peninsula in Halkidiki stands the Monastery of Zographou, a Byzantine foundation whose roots reach back to the earliest centuries of mona…
The Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in Dryovouno is the oldest monastery in the prefecture of Kozani. An inscription above the ma…
High in the mountains of Kastoria, where the Stenopotamos stream meets the Aliakmonas river, the Monastery of Archangel Tsoukala keeps watch over a na…
At the southern foothills of Mount Ombriano, near Galatista in Chalkidiki, this Byzantine monastery honours Saint Anastasia the Pharmakolytria, the he…
Set in the far north of Greece, near Pisoderi within the Prespes municipality of Florina, the Monastery of the Holy Trinity belongs to the Byzantine e…
Set in the Almopia municipality of the Pella region in northern Greece, the Monastery of Archangel Michael is a Byzantine-era foundation dedicated to …
The Monastery of St. George in Monastiráki, within the Municipality of Sintikis in the Serres region of northern Greece, carries the quiet authority o…
The monastery at Gardiki, south of the village of Amfeia in Messinia, is a castle-monastery in very good condition, dominated by a renovated tower. It…
The Arsanas of Iviron is a fortified harbour tower on the Athonite coast, built in 1626, squarely within the post-Byzantine period. It served as the m…
The Arsanas of Zografou is a fortified monastic harbour, built in 1475, in the post-Byzantine period, on the coast below the Zografou monastery of Mou…
The Library Tower, also called the Tower of Panagia, stands at the northeastern corner of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The monastery itself …
The tower of St Savas at Hilandar Monastery is less a standalone fortification than the main defensive spine of the northernmost monastic settlement o…
Perched on the Aegean island of Anafi, the Monastery of the Virgin Kalamiotissa is a place where centuries of faith and building tradition meet. Dedic…
Perched barely forty metres from the sea on Crete's southern coast, the Monastery of Koudouma is one of the oldest foundations in this wild corner of …
In the Lasithi region near Ierapetra, the Monastery of Transfiguration stands as a quiet witness to Crete's Byzantine spiritual heritage. Dedicated to…
The Monastery of St. Sophia stands in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, within the municipality of Siteia, a Byzantine monastic foundation rooted i…
High in the mountains of eastern Crete, within the municipality of Ierapetra near Meseleroi, the Monastery of Panagia Vryomeni carries the quiet autho…
In the Phaistos municipality of Heraklion, Crete, the Monastery of Virgin Mary Kardiotissa preserves the quiet strength of Byzantine monastic traditio…
The Monastery of Agios Georgios tou Epanosifi (or Apanosifi), near the village of Metaxochori, about 30km south of Heraklion, is one of the most popul…
On the Lasithi plateau in eastern Crete, the Monastery of Virgin Mary Kroustallenias rises from a small mound within the Community of Saint Konstantin…
Tucked into the rugged landscape of Sfakion in the Chania region of southwestern Crete, the Monastery of St. Charalampos carries the quiet authority o…
In the hills of the Kissos area, within the Rethymno region of Crete, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit stands as a quiet witness to the island's Byzan…
High on a Cretan hillside at 280 metres, Paliani Monastery is among the oldest on the island, its origins reaching back to the first Byzantine period.…
On the northwestern edge of the Lasithi Plateau, about five kilometres west of Tzermiado, the Monastery of Panagia Vidiani keeps a quiet, working pres…
In the Pyrgo area of Heraklion, the Chrysopigi Monastery stands as a quiet testament to Crete's Orthodox heritage. Founded during the Byzantine period…
In the fertile Amari valley of Crete, about 31 kilometres southeast of Rethymnon, the Monastery of Archangels rises some 345 metres above sea level. I…
Kremaston Monastery sits in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, within the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, where it carries forward the religious and…
High on the Lasithi plateau, within the municipality of Agios Nikolaos in eastern Crete, Koufi Petra Monastery carries the name that means hollow rock…
The Church of Panagia Antiphonetria stands in the village of Myriokephala, 29 kilometres southwest of Rethymno. It is the katholikon of a former monas…
Near Agios Nikolaos in the Lasithi region of Crete stands the Monastery of St. Anthony Fraro, a Byzantine monastic complex dating to around 1400. It b…
The Monastery of St. Barbara, dedicated to the early Christian martyr, stands in the Lasithi region of Crete within the municipality of Agios Nikolaos…
The Monastery of St. Anthony stands in the Lasithi region of Crete, within the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, a quiet witness to centuries of faith. …
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