Ιερά Πατριαρχική και Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου του εν Ολύμπω

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΑΓΡΟΤΙΚΗΣ
ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ

ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ
ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΚΟ ΤΑΜΕΙΟ
ΠΡΟΣΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΣΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΓΓΥΗΣΕΩΝ
ΤΜΗΜΑ ΠΡΟΣΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΣΜΟΥ (Ε.Γ.Τ.Π.Ε.-Π.)

Ἡ δράση χρηματοδοτήθηκε ἀπό τό Ἐπιχειρησιακό πρόγραμμα (Ε.Π.) “Αγροτική Ἀνάπτυξη - Ἀνασυγκρότηση τῆς Ὑπαίθρου 2000 - 2006 Ἄξονας 7” και συγχρηματοδοτήθηκε ἀπό τό Εὐρωπαϊκό Γεωργικό Ταμεῖο Προσανατολισμοῦ και Ἐγγυήσεων – Τμῆμα Προσανατολισμοῦ.

This action was financed by the operation project “Rural development Reconstruction of the country 2000 – 2006 Axis 7” and also financed by the European Agricultural Fund Department.

MONASTERY’S HISTORY

Today, the visitor will find the new Monastery, at a height lower than the initial building, at the location of the old Metochion of Skala, built in 1650, at 3 km from Litohoro and 15 km from the old Monastery.

Its main church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Mother of God. Its temple is adorned by the icons, painted in 1955 by the brilliant hagiographer Fotis Kontoglou.

From 1989 on was restituted the Monastery΄s entrance prohibition for women, in line with the tradition bequeathed by St. Dionysios. Only men are allowed in the prohibited area. Here are located the monks΄ cells, the workshops, the dining room and the main church, where are celebrated the daily services.

In the remaining area, where all believers are allowed, a new spectacular church, dedicated to St. Dionysios, was built, where the Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday.