Ιερα Μονή Κωσταμονίτου (ή Κασταμονίτου) –
The Holy Monastery of Kostamonitou (or Kastamonitou)
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 11th century by a man from Kastamoni in Anatolia, from whom it takes its name. A more recent benefactor was the Christian wife of Ali Pasha, Vassiliki, who largely financed the restoration of the monastery in 1819-1820. The katholikon, dedicated to St Stephen the Proto-Martyr, was built in 1867, and is the fourth church on this site. The most important treasures are the three miraculous icons of St Stephan, the Virgin-who-Guides (Hodegetria) and the Virgin-who-Answers (Antiphonetria).
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Λεζάντες Φωτογραφιών
Moni Kostamonitou 01
Ιερα Μονή Κωσταμονίτου. Εξωτερική άποψη.
Holy Monastery of Kostamonitou. External view.
Moni Kostamonitou 02
Νοτιανατολική άποψη της Μονής.
The monastery from the southeast.
Moni Kostamonitou 03
Άποψη της Μονής από βορειοδυτικά.
The monastery from the northwest.
πηγή: Xαρίτωνος Μοναχού, Ματιές στον Άθω – Images of Athos
γ΄ έκδοση, Άγιον Όρος 2007, ISBN 960-7735-04-8
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