The monastery of Agia Triada was built in 1865 and dominates the plain of Edessa, next to the archaeological site. Part of the building material used is from the walls of the ancient city and from Roman inscribed altars. The monastery was built on the ruins of an older church, which had been
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The Holy Monastery of Agios Hilarionos is located near the village of Promachoi in the Municipality of Aridaia in the prefecture of Pella. The existence of the Monastery is witnessed from 12 AD. century, while there are no historical testimonies for the period of the Turkish occupation. Eight
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The holy monastery of Archangel Michael, literally enthroned on a natural expanse with a high altitude and from there, from the N.E. peaks of Paikos, oversees the peaks of Jena and Pinovo on the plateau of Vorra. Its building line is simple and imposing. It is 40 km from Aridea, through a very
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The Women's Sacred Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin is located on a green hill in the Municipality of Kyrros, Prefecture of Pella. In the past, until 200 years ago, there was a men's monastery with 100 monks and a large property, but it was abandoned. In 1979, a new period of the monastery
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The Monastery of Saint Loukas is located near Krya Vrysi. Today, from the Monastery that was built in 1790, only the catholicon, i.e. the church of the Monastery, survives. It is in the style of a three-aisled basilica and is dedicated to Saint Luke. The outside of the church has a tiled gallery and
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