Category: Sites of Historical – Cultural Interest

The katholikon of the monastery was founded on 30-5-1799 and completed on 25-8-1799, i.e. in three months. The curate was Hieromonk Jacob (25-8-1799), who is mentioned as abbot in 1810 and 1829. The monastery was destroyed in 1943 by the Germans. At that time the icon of the Milk-bearing Virgin…

It is located one kilometer northwest of the village, in a fir forest and is celebrated brilliantly by the inhabitants on June 29th, the feast of the first Apostles Peter and Paul. By the Royal Decree of 8-7-1886 (Government Gazette 184A/11-7-1886) it was united with the other monastery of Kleinovo,…

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…

In the hills of old Koperna, where the village of Aura originally existed, St George stands guard to remind the passage of St Cosmas the Aetolian and the presence of people in this place. It is the Orthodox chapel of St. George, which in recent years was restored through the…

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 Agios Nikolaos Siamades is located in the province of Kalambaka, to the right of the road Hani Murgkani-Kastania (at a distance of about 2 km from the main road). From the complex of the monastery only the katholikon has survived, which dates back to 1807, as evidenced…