The Transfiguration Monastery - The Great Meteor
Description:
The Transfiguration Monastery, also known as the Great Meteor, is one of the meteor monasteries located on high cliffs. It is the largest in area and is located on the highest cliff.
The monastery was founded around 1340 by an Athos monk, Saint Athanasius of Meteora. He climbed the highest cliff, where he built a modest church and dwellings for monks. The main cathedral - Transfiguration was built in 1388, then restored and painted at the end of the XV century. Its length is 32 meters - and the height of the dome is 24 meters.
The peak of its development of the monastery reached in the XVI century, when the donations of imperial persons were built new premises, a nursing home, a tower and several chapels.