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Icon from the top of the iconostasis of the monastery church.1544. Work of Iosif Chouris

St. Cosmas of Aetolia came from the village Great Tree Acarnania and lived in the moonless years of Ottoman rule. At the age of twenty he went to Mount Athos where he studied at school and then became a monk. He was ordained priest in Filotheou Mount…

Icon of Panagia Sfalangiotissa. Dated to 1823

Icon of Panagia Sfalaggiotissa enthroned dated to 1574.

The Crucifixion. Dimensions: 89,5 × 60 cm.

The huge Crucifix represents Christ almost in natural size. Christ is lying dead with his head inclined to the left. On the four corners of the Cross are depicted the eagle, the man, the lion and the ox with the scull of Adam under the feet of…

General view of the nave of the iconostasis in the Katholikon. The central and south part of the iconostasis are the original. The north part of the iconostasis was destroyed and replaced recently by a copy of the south aisle of the iconostasis. The…

The icon of Myrophoroi and the Angel, beside the Empty Tomb, is found on the Sanctuary's side door of the north aisle of the iconostasis in the Katholikon. Painted by Charalampos Epameinonda from Stroumbi.

The Annunciation icon is painted on the doors of the main entrance to the Sanctuary of the Katholikon. On the left door stands Archangel Gabriel holding lilies and on the right door Virgin Mary crosses her hands on the chest in a sigh of obedience to…

Virgin Mary mourning before the Crucified Christ covers her face with her left hand and tends her right hand towards her Son. This icon is one of the two ''Lypira'' that surrounds the Cross crowning the central aisle of the iconostasis in the…