Kavala
Monasteries
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MONASTERY OF SAINT DIMITRIOS
Monastery
It is a women's Monastery built on a hill of Mount Pangaio, west of the community of Nikisiani. Above the monastery is the source from which the Holy Spirit of Agia Varvara flows, where the church of Agios Dimitrios was located here since 1913. The current Monastery was built in 1973 under …»
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AXION ESTI MONASTERY
Monastery
The women's Old Calendar Monastery of Panagia Axion Esti is located northeast of Mount Pangaio, at an altitude of 350 m, near the village of Nikisiani. A large part of the monastery is built inside a rock. Its construction dates back to the middle of the 20th century. On the site of the Monastery …»
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NIKITAS MONASTERY
Monastery
The Holy Women's Synovial Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior of the Victors belongs administratively to the Holy Metropolis of Philippi. It is called the Monastery of Nikitos from the settlement of Nikitos (11 km from Chrysoupoli) which today has been abandoned. The monastery was built …»
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MONASTERY OF PAGAEOTISSA
Monastery
The women's Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (or Pangaiotissa) is located near the village of Hortokopi, at the top of Mount Pangaio. Here was found the holy icon of the Virgin Mary brought from Asia Minor by the Greek refugees. The Monastery was built in 1978 under Metropolitan Ambrosios …»
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MONASTERY OF FORERUNNER
Monastery
The Androa Congregational Monastery of Agios Ioannis the Forerunner is located at the foot of the village of Nikisiani at an altitude of 370 meters and belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis. At the beginning of the 19th century, there was a place of pilgrimage, in the place where the …»