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Monastery Filotheou

Monastery-Philotheou

Two hours and a half from Karyes lies the monastery of Filotheou. It is built 300 meters above the sea level.It was built by St. Filotheos before 972.

Two hours and a half from Karyes lies the monastery of Filotheou. It is built 300 meters above the sea level.It was built by St. Filotheos before 972.

At the beginning it was called Fteris monastery.

Later on, Nikiforos Votaneates ( 1078-1081) added new buildings and offered many treasures to the monastery.

Georgian Leontios Sovereign and his son Alexander renovated the monastery in 1492. In 1871 the monastery was all burned down except the main temple,the altar and the library,but the monks rebuilt it. In the main temple they are wall-paintings which date from 1752 and its name was given in honor of Christ’s Annunciation.

In the monastery they are many treasures,some of them are: The arm of St. John Chrysostomos,the miraculous icon of Glykofilousa e.t.c. To the Filotheou monastery belong 14 cells.

See also

Konstamonitou-Monastery

Monastery Konstamonitou

The Konstamonitou monastery it is built in a forest ,200 meters above the sea level,50 minutes walk from the coast.

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Monastery-Xeropotamou

Monastery Xiropotamou

The monastery is in the middle of the athonite peninsula, on the way from Daphne to Karyes and is dedicated to the 40 Martyrs.

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Monastery-Dionisiou

Monastery Agios Dionisiou

It was built in the middle 14th century by the monk Dionysious of Koryssos in the Kastoria precinct, with the financial support of the emperor Alexius III Comnenos of Trapezous

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