Location information

Proussos Monastery

   It is one of the few monasteries saved in Evrytania. It consists of the church and one wing with cells.
   The church honoured to Mary (Panagia) Proussiotissa is in the cross - domed type and dates to 1754. In the West side of the church there is a crypt adjusted to be used as a parekklesion. The frescoes created by the painters G. Georgiou and G. Anagnostou date to 1785. Frescoes of the 13th century are also saved in the external west side of the crypt, while in the internal we can distinguish two phases, one of which dates to 1518. A remarkable wood - carved iconostasis, dated to 1810, decorates the crypt.
   The monastery church (katholikon) has been restored and the frescoes have been conserved.
   Nowadays it is used as a monastery.

The Monastery of Proussos

According to tradition, it's founding is placed in the era of the iconoclast emperor Theofilos 829-842 a.d. and is associated with the appearance of the holy icon of the Virgin from Proussa of Vithinia in the near east in the cave of Euritania. The first half of the 9th century has been established as the founding date. The monastery has suffered many catastrophes and has been set on fire by many invaders, the last being the Germans on August 16 1944. Notable are the monastery clock which is perched on a small hill and the chapel of Agion Panton opposite the monastery which was built in 1754. South of Agion Panton the famous "School of Greek Letters", a Superior school of letters, still survives. An interesting museum operates in the Monastery featuring manyh exhibits, such as manuscript codices, typeset books, a sword from 1821 that may have belonged to Karaiskaki as well as many old vestments.

This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.

• http://www.karpenissi.gr/en/topos/a02a.html (5 img.)