The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord - the Great Meteor

The Monastery of the Transfiguration, also called the “Great Meteor”, is located on the highest rock Meteor, at an altitude of 613 meters above sea level. The monastery was founded around 1340 by Athanasius of Meteor.

The main cathedral of the monastery - Preobrazhensky, was built in 1388 and has a height of 24 meters, it contains the crypts of the founders of the monastery. In the former refectory room there is now a museum, especially valuable exhibits of which are icons of the XIV - XVI centuries, the oldest Greek manuscript of 861, embroidered shroud of the XIV century.

In the XV-XVI centuries, the monastery was painted and decorated with frescoes. At the end of 1791, a new wooden iconostasis with gilding was made. In 1922, steps were cut into the rock for a safer climb to the monastery.