Just outside the mountainous village of western Lesvos, Antissa, on top of the mountain “Halakas” is the old abandoned male monastery of Taxiarches, known as H.M. Kreokopou. The site is full of beauty and remarkable geological significance. Regarding the...
On a picturesque hill to the east of Polichnitos, where dense olive groves and tall poplars dominate, is the Damandriou monastery dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. Damandri was a village in the area until the 16th century, which was destroyed during pirate...
H.M. Panmegiston Taxiarhon Pithario Eresou known as “Pithari” is located in a hollow ravine between hills that crown it, forming around it an imaginary pithari, the bottom of which has recently been turned into an artificial lake by the construction of a...
Between the settlements of Sigri, Antissa and Eresos, the men’s monastery of Agios Ioannis built on the highest peak of western Lesbos, Ordymnos – hence its name, stands tall like a military observatory overlooking the western part of the island. Its fortress...
