Panagia Chrysopodaritissa Monastery

The Panagia Chrysopodaritissa Monastery (lit. 'Monastery of Panagia of the Golden Feet') is a men's communal monastery, founded at the end of the 12th century. Dedicated to Dormition of Theotokos and celebrating on August 23, the day of the Apodosis of the Dormition. The monastery is prohibited to women with the only exception on 23 August. It has been declared a protected monument by the Ministry of Culture of Greece and nowadays it is the patron of the Municipality of Erymanthos. It is one of the oldest monasteries of Achaea, but the exact date of its foundation is unknown. It is likely that it was built at the end of the 12th century and the first church functioned inside a cave with stalagmites on the walls of which hagiographies are preserved. Before its foundation there were hermitages in the area. 15th-century frescoes have been discovered as well as a 14th-century manuscript trace its foundation at least to late Byzantine times (1204 AD - 1453 AD) and earlier.

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