The church of the Holy Trinity, near Vronto, was the monastery's catholicon at the beginning of the 18th century. It is built with gray stone and dominates the landscape as it is located on a rock. The visitor will have the opportunity to admire a landscape of incomparable beauty, on one side the
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The monastery of Agios Georgios is located in the village of Ritini. Its foundation dates back to the post-Byzantine period, while its catholicon is decorated with important 14th and 16th century hagiographies. Its dating has been done on the basis of a wall painting which bears the date 1494 and is
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After the destruction of the old monastery of Agios Dionysios in 1943, a new monastery was built in Metohi of Skala, near Litochoro in the region of Skala. It was built by the young monks who founded a new brotherhood in 1987. In the new monastery, the church is particularly majestic, while it is
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The old monastery of Agios Dionysios is 18 km from Litochoro and is built at an altitude of 900 m on Mount Olympus. The monastery is perched in a natural hollow between two small streams that flow towards the Enipeas River. The Holy Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is probably the most
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The Monastery of Canals, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, has been founded on the north-eastern side of Mount Olympus at an altitude of 820 m. It is located at the entrance of the strait through which the small river Sys or Ziliana descends from the plain of Karya to Pieria, while it is
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First, it was founded in 1983 as a women's private retreat and two years later, in 1985, it was officially subordinated to the Holy Diocese of Kitrou, Katerinis and Platamonos. It is located on the border of the foothills of Olympus and Pieria, on the highest ridge, on the ridge of Hadrian, just
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The Monastery of Petra is a magnificent building of the Byzantine period and is located on the wooded hillside, directly opposite and SE of the fortress and settlement of Petra, at a distance of about 2 kilometers. In the past, the richest monastery of Panagia tis Petra belonged directly to the
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