Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Immersed in the greenery, deep in the Lekhounio gorge beside the springs in the place called Agalianos, under Karaphlytzanakia, the highest peak on Skiathos, stands the Holy Communal Monastery dedicated to the Annunciation of... View More
Panagia Ikonistria Monastery
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades Panagia Eikonistria is the most holy site of the island since the miraculous icon of Virgin Mary (Panagia) was found here around 1650.
An important intellectual figure of the island and of the Church, Dionysios the Old, was a... View More
Panagia Ikonistria Monastery
Panagia Kechria Monastery
Skiathos Island, Skiathos Island, Sporades The Monastery of Panaghia Kechrias is built in a nice vallery among olive trees and pine trees.
Only the "Katholikon" of the monastery (its church) has been saved.
It has a nice woodcut icon screen and frescoes covering the... View More