The Monastery of Great Meteoron is the largest of the monasteries located at Meteora, though in 2015 there were only 3 monks ...
The monastery of the Holy Theotokos, also known as Paleokastritsa Monastery, is one of the oldest in Corfu, dating to 1225. T ...
The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second biggest monastery in Meteora. It is located opposite of the Great Meteoron Monast ...
The Holy Monastery of Blachernae (Vlacherna) was built in the 17th century. In 1799, it belonged to the Halikiopoulos-Mantzar ...
The Monastery of Roussanou was founded in the middle of the 16th century. Compared to other rocks where monasteries were bui ...
Arkadi Monatery is perhaps the best known monastery on Crete due to the Holocaust of 1866. However, its location and impres ...
The Holy Trinity Monastery (also known as Agia Triada) is situated at the top of a rocky precipice over 400 metres high and ...
Vlatades Monastery was founded by the brothers Dorotheus and Markus Vlatadon, who were students of Gregory Palamas, in the la ...
The Monastery of St. Stephen was founded by St. Antoninus Cantacuzene, who is thought to be a son of the Serb ruler Nicepho ...
The Pantanassa Monastery is a monastery in Mystras. It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine Despotate of the ...
When Christianity first grew its roots in Greece, many of the ancient cult sanctuaries were transformed into churches. At tha ...
Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Orthodox Monastery was built in the 17th century by two brothers of the Venetian Zangaroli family ...
Brontochion Monastery is located on the northern slope of Mystras, an archaeological site dedicated as UNESCO World Heritage ...
St. Nikolaos Anapafsas Monastery is one of six monasteries built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders th ...
Simonopetra Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos. Simonopetra ranks thirteenth ...
Preveli Monastery comprises two main building complexes, the ruined Lower Monastery of St. John the Baptist, and the current ...
Hilandar Monastery is the northern most monastery located on the northeast side of the Athos Peninsula. The monastery was ...
Saint Gerasimos monastery, named after the wonder-maker and protector of Kefalonia, is the most well-known monastery on the i ...
Toplou monastery is one of the most significant monasteries in Crete, dedicated to Virgin Mary and St. John the Theologian. ...
The Peribleptos Monastery is a late Byzantine-era monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was probably built in the mid-14th century ...