Holy Meteors                                       

The massive rocks, rushing up with a flat surface Thessalian valley and reaches a height of 400 meters, is a rare geological phenomenon. Carved by nature, these amazing, massive, as if hovering in the air sculpture called Meteora (from the Greek "meteoros" - hovering in the air).

Unapproachable, totally cut off from the world top of the rocks become a haven of hermits in the XI century. Three centuries later, there arose the first monks community.

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Athens - center of classical culture and the cradle of civilization - the most glorious monuments of ancient times. Nevertheless, the city has its own Christian history, intertwined with the legacy of the classical tradition - not by chance the most ancient of the existing Christian churches in Athens were built on the foundations of pagan temples, and some of them are directly placed in the buildings of ancient temples, such as it was the temples of the Parthenon, and Gefesteyona Eretreyona.

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The Holy Monastery of Great Meteora 

 Monastery of the Transfiguration, also known as the Great Meteor, was founded by Athanasius Meteorskim around 1340 ..

Monastery of Transfiguration of Our Lord once called "» Platýs Líthos " (large stone), but it Athanasius (later St. Athanasius Meteorsky) renamed it "Meteoron" (which hangs in the air) due to the fact that it was located on the highest of all the rocks around.   

The rock upon which was built a monastery, located on the western edge of the array of stone and is the largest among them. This rock has a height of 619 meters above sea level and 416 meters from the river Pineos. The area of ​​the rocks of about 6 hectares. With the rise of rock has an elevation of 250 meters, and 115 steep and not equal to the height of the steps leading to the entrance to the monastery.

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