In the region of Ambeliki, near the town of Skopelos, you will find the Monastery of the Life-giving Spring or the Virgin Mary Livadiotissa (“of the meadow”), epithets attributed to the Mother of God. This is a private, single-aisled basilica with a wooden roof....
The renowned Holy Archangels Monastery in Vatos (Agios Taxiarches), a domed single-aisled basilica, was founded and established by the scholar Caesarius Daponte in 1761. Elaborately crafted icons are kept in the church’schancel, including an icon of the Archangel....
The Diocese of Skopelos Island is an impressive Venetian building located 2kilometersto the south of Skopelos town. The Diocese includes a single-aisled basilica dated from the 16th-17th century, which was built over the ruins of a large church of the Middle Byzantine...
You will find the St. John Monastery in the south-eastern part of Skopelos town. The name of Saint John on Kotronaki (meaning “boulder”) has prevailed due to the rocky relief of the hill on which the monastery is situated. The single-aisled basilica of the monastery...
St. Eustace Monastery is yet another extraordinary monastery with a domed single-aisled basilica. Located in Karya, northwest of Skopelos Chora, it offers a magnificent view of Sentoukia and the northern part of the island. You can visit it and admire the early...
Through beautiful fields full of fruit and chestnut trees, aroundStefani, lies the Holy Monastery (after Glysteri on the way to Kalogeros). At first, the monastery belonged to the Manolakis, a notable family of shipowners. The church of the Holy Monastery dates to the...
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