Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus - Mount Olympus National Park

The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture. It is located at the Enipeas ravine at an altitude of 850 m (40.094°N 22.429°E) The original monastery, established in 1542, was destroyed by the Germans in 1943. A new monastery was established at a distance of some 5 km to the northeast of the old one, closer to the town of Litochoro. (40.118°N 22.484°E) . The Agios Dionysios Monastery is a stavropegic monastery, subordinated directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople.

Sight Details

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Monastery

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Map of Agios Dionysios Monastery

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