Monasteries

  The convent of Archangel Michael is the biggest and the most popular monastery of Thassos, constituting a significant pilgrimage. It is built on the rim of a cliff, near Theologos village, and the view to the Aegean is really magnificent, giving the sense to the visitor that it suspends. In this place, hermit Luke, obeying a command of Archangel … Read More

The Monastery of Timios Prodromos of Anatoli at Agia of Larisa is situated on the wonderful mountain of Kisavos and it is known for something that is unique in the Orthodox Church. It offers hospitality to nuns from 11 different countries and from all over the world. Specifically, the 20 nuns of the Monastery come from the USA, Australia, Finland, … Read More

Saint David’s monastery is very well known in Euboea (or Evia) and all over Greece, especially after the end of the earthly course of its charismatic Abbot, elder Iakovos (Tsalikis), whose tomb is located outside the Catholicon (the main church) of the monastery.

The men’s monastery of “Panagia Paleokastritsa” in Corfu was established in 1225, although the building seen today is of the Ottoman era. The first buildings were probably parts of the fortification of an older castle that gave the monastery the name “Palaeocastritsa” (old castle). It was destroyed by the Genoese in 1403, rebuilt in 1469 and destroyed again in 1537 … Read More

TOPLU MONASTERY – Sitia, Crete   The Holy Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Toplu) is located in the northeastern Crete and it is one of the most important monasteriesof the island. It was built in the 14th century in an isolated area and it resemblesa castle. In its early years it had the name Theotokos Akrotiriani (: of … Read More

  The Monastery of Timios Prodromos of Serres is an important and extremely beautiful pilgrimage. It is situated 12kms northeastern of Serres, at the western part of a deep gorge of mountain Menikio.    Saint Ioannikios from Serres was a monk and a hermit of Mount Athos. Then he became a bishop. He was the first owner of the Monastery … Read More

             The Monastery of Timios Prodromos of the Skete of Veria is built on the green foothills of Pieria mountains and it has a view of the wonderful Aliakmonas river. It is 20kms away from Veria.          It is one of the most historic monastic centres of Macedonia. It has been working as a skete since 9th century, … Read More

  Comnenion monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos and St. Demetrius, lies at an altitude of 180 m. on Mount Kissavos, near the seaside village Stomio and about 50 km. from Larisa; during the last decades it became famous all over Greece for the spirituality and the sermons of its late hegumen, Fr. Athanasios Mytilenaios. However, the establishment … Read More

  The holy monastery of Saint Mark the Evangelist in Proti, Florina, Western Macedonia, was founded in 1864 by Metropolitan Meletios of Moglena. It is built on the mountain range of Barnous, at an altitude of 959 meters and it lies 10 minutes far from Florina. During the Greek Struggle in Macedonia, the monastery became the refuge of Greek chieftains. … Read More

  The famous pilgrimage of Panagia Soumela is found in the village of Kastania which is on Vermio mountain (in Veria, Macedonia). It was founded in 1951 as a continuation of the abbey that had the same name and for 16 centuries it was the symbol and the spiritual center of Pontiac Hellenism. The Monastery, which was meant to be … Read More