Bathed in the light on a steep rock, the monastery of Dionysios, the largest of the Mount, is sprouted. Saint Dionysius managed to build the walls and the tower of the “New Stone” in 1362, but not if the brave sponsorships of the Komninoi of Trebizond, the Palaiologists and the Moldavian rulers did not come.
The wooden balconies hang 80 meters over the sea.
Nor did this monastery escape from the fire. However, private sponsorship saved it from desolation, such as I. Frangopoulos, Austria's ambassador to Constantinople (1800), who dwelled in the monastery and transferred their property when they died.
The catholic of the monastery, five-domed and pencil-covered, is dedicated to John the Baptist (Forerunner). It has a particular architectural shape, especially on its eastern side, where are formed the typicaria, external octagonal and internal circular spaces for worship purposes. The outstanding frescoes of the catholic belong to the Cretan Tzortzis, and Efrosynos (1542), while the wooden iconostasis of the temple, gold-plated with pure gold and decorated with ivory, is very important. However, the most important heirloom for Hellenism is in the chapel of the Virgin Mary: The Virgin of the Akathist Hymn, the oldest icon of the Virgin Mary of wax. According to the legend, this icon was brought by Patriarch Sergios in a procession in the walls of Constantinople, when the reign of the city was threatened by the Avars (626), the troubled years of To Thee the Champion Leader and the Greek Fire...
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