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 plateau covered with plants. Hidden in the gorge, the Perivoli monastery is surrounded by a stone-built enclosure that ends at the central entrance, which is crowned with the stone bell tower and introduces the visitor to the paved courtyard.
In the past – at least from the 16th to the 18th century. – it was part of the men’s monastery of Taxiarchon Kreokopou, as the inscription above the gate of the narthex states “the present monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos was renovated under the fathers of the inhabitants of the monastery of Kreokopou under Professor Raphael hieromonachus”. It is first mentioned in a Turkish chronicle in 1548, while in 1621 it is said to have had 30 nuns. Its catholicon, built in the style of a two-aisled basilica with a wooden roof, is small in size and decorated with remarkable frescoes from the 15th century, which are illuminated by a few small windows and are attributed to hagiographers of different eras.
The monastery is related to a side flour mill, which is located near it on the opposite bank of the river. Above it there is an inscription from 1850, while in an Ottoman document the water mill is declared as “the estate of Kreokopos in the location of Satira Surroundings” from 1620. In 1898 he supported 4 nuns, while in 1909 there were still 2-3 nuns who made a living from their works to him.
