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Saint Dionysius Old Monastery, Olympus

Δήμος Δίου - Ολύμπου, Italy

Saint Dionysius Old Monastery, Olympus

The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου εν Ολύμπω) 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 / 40.094; 22.429). T

he 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 / 40.118; 22.484). Today, the Agios Dionysios Monastery is a stavropegic monastery, subordinated directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople. Beside the monasteries Kanalon and Agia Triada, Sparmos, Agios Dionysios is one of the monasteries located at Mount Olympus.

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