About 20 kilometers from the city of Mytilene and in the eastern part of the island, opposite the Asia Minor coast, is the settlement of Mistegna. In the area of Mistegna, in the hills covered with olive trees, the old nunnery of the Saints Akindyna is hidden. The...
It is located in the north-eastern part of the island, 3 km from the capital, near the settlement of Thermi, on the site of an early Christian basilica. The course of the monastery is divided into three periods a) from the 10th c. to 1235, b) from 1433 to 1463 and c)...
The monastery of Taxiarchis is located a short distance from the settlement of Mandamados and is one of the most important pilgrimages in Greece. Once it functioned as an male monastery, now it is considered a place of pilgrimage where the relief miraculous icon of...
The active men’s monastery of Leimonos is located in the center of Lesvos and at a distance of 14 km from Kalloni in a fertile basin in the center of a meadow. It was founded during Byzantine times and functioned until the Ottoman occupation of the island in...
It is a women’s monastery dedicated to the Assumptions of the Virgin Mary, which was deserted in recent years. The Perivoli monastery is located in the western part of the island, just outside the settlement of Adissa on the bank of the Voulgaris river on a...
