Difference between revisions of "Panagia Galaktotrofoussa"

From OrthodoxWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m (Panaghia Galaktotrofoussa moved to Panagia Galaktotrofoussa: for consistency (see talk page))
(No difference)

Revision as of 12:58, January 24, 2008

Panaghia Galaktotrofoussa (Gr., "she who feeds milk", also "the Virgin Lactans") is one of the many names given to the Virgin Mother and is the name of an icon and a monastery.


List of Galaktotrofoussa monasteries

Greece

Monastery of Panagia Galaktotrofoussa

The monastery of Panagia Galaktotrofoussa is located at the confluence of the Chalikiotikos and Lepenetsiotikos Rivers, tributaries of the Acheloos River, on the road that leads to Kalarites (Thessalia, Greece). This monastery was founded in 1799 and is less known than the surrounding monasteries of the Meteora region.