In 1972, the women's Monastery of Agia Irini the Great Martyr was founded on a hill northeast of Xanthi. The Monastery was founded by the Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheori Mr. Antonios Claudatos (+25.7.94) while the founder was Archim. Antonios Dalatsis (+13.1.94). It functions to this day as a
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Imposing in appearance overlooking the plain of Xanthi, the monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa is a point of reference for the faith of thousands of Orthodox Christians who come every year to worship her grace. Built on the fringes of the mountain mass just above the "Samakov" district in the
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It is a nunnery located north of Xanthi, at an altitude of 170 meters. It took its name from the icon of the Virgin that was found in a reed on the banks of the river Kossinthos. Its foundation dates back to the 11th century. Functional manuscripts, found today in Sofia, mention its presence from
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North-west of Xanthi, at an altitude of 150 meters, is the men's Monastery of the Grand Commanders. There are no surviving sources that testify to the history of the Monastery. In all probability it is a Byzantine building of Agioritean architecture of the 15th century. The monastery flourished
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