The monastery is situated on a slope of the S.W. part of the peninsula
and is dedicated to St George. The Katholicon was built in the beginning of the
last century and follows the athonite type. The monastery has eight chapels inside
and eight chapels outside of it. The monastery also owns two workshops in Karyes
and the Kelliou of Transfiguration.
The monastery was founded, according to tradition, in the 10th c.
by three brothers, Moses, Aaron and Ioannis from Achris. In the Late Byzantine
period, the monastery is destroyed by Catalan pirates and rebuilt with the financial
support of the Paleologan dynasty, as well as that of rulers of eastern Europe.
Initially, the monastery was inhabited by Bulgarians, Greeks and Serbs. Since
1845 there are only Bulgarian monks.
Besides two miraculous icons of St George and other two of the Virgin
of the Akathistos and the Virgin Epakouousa, the monastery owns and other heirlooms
and ecclesiastical vessels.
The library contains 126 greek and 388 slavic manuscripts, and over
8,000 books.
Map & Distances
Longitude:
24o 09' 37.94" E
Latitude:
40o 18' 22.8" N
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