Meteora Varlaam Monastery

Meteora Varlaam: The Holy Monastery of Varlaam in Meteora Greece, Thessaly

The Monastery of Varlaam in Meteora: The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is a male monastery and can be accessed by the main road, after climbing 195 stairs. It was named after a monk called Varlaam who lived in a close cave as a hermit in the 14th century and built a tiny chapel on top of a huge rock. In the 16th century, two brothers, Theophanis and Nektarios Apsaradas, who were both monks in a monastery in Ioannina, enlarged the chapel and founded a monastery.

The monastery was actually founded in 1517 and was decorated in 1548 by Frangos Kastellanos, an important Byzantine iconographer, who painted some beautiful frescoes in the church of Agioi Pantes.

It has another church to the north side, dedicated to the Three Bishops: St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian and St John the Chrysostom. This church, known as the "Chapel of the Three", was built in 1627 and has a square-shape cross on the roof.

The Monastery of Varlaam hosts a museum in the old refectory and is known for its great frescoes. Every now and then, a monk sits in the garden and starts conversations with the visitors. It is the second largest monastery of Meteora and is open to the public, visited by lots of pilgrims all year round.

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