The Holy Monastery of Kipinas is one of Greece’s most beautiful and impressive churches. The complex was built in 1212 under the careful watch of the Metropolitan of Arta, Serapheim Xenopoulo, and dedicated to the dormition of the Virgin Mary. Throughout its 800 years of existence, the monastery played an important historic role, acting as both a secret school during the years of the Turkish occupation as well as a hidden arsenal throughout the Greek Revolution and the following liberation of Epirus.
The monastery contains a small chapel, a library, a few monk’s cells and common areas.
Another interesting aspect of the monastery is the existence of an entrance to a cave within its walls. It’s covered by a wooden door, but visitors to the monastery are able to venture in. Along its path, stalactites as well as small pools of water can be found, as researchers believe there is an underground river flowing below the foundations of the monastery.
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Thanks for the explanatory information (I guessed that it was not on Mount Athos). Formidable place. If you took more pictures in Greece would it be possible to show us more?
now this is one of the best and after seeing your photograph I did google and read more about this place. Thanks for adding some more info to my knowledge :)
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