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At the insistance of Fr. Nektarios [[father Nectarios Marmarinos]] (real name: Kyriakos) Marmarinos, the monastery, which is dedicated to St. [[Patapius of Thebes]] ([[December 8]]), was founded in 1952 by ''Prokopios, Metropolitan Bishop of Korinth'', around the cave where the [[relics]] of Patapius were found in 1904 by Fr. [[Constantine Sosanis]]. The saints relics had been placed beneath tiles and large leaves, to protect his body from the damp, and exuded a sweet odor. On the relic there was a scroll giving Patapius's name, with a large wooden cross and some Byzantine coins.

The cave <ref> The cave measures 8 x 4.5m (13 x 7.1ft)</ref> today has a sanctuary and sacristy hewn out of the rock. It can be found northwest of the [[katholikon]] of the convent and the holy relic is kept in a special wooden structure at the back of the cave. Inside the cave there are also Byzantine wall paintings from the 13th century, with three prominent figures of St. '''Patapius''', St. [[Ipomoni]] ([[April 3]])<ref> Empress Helen Dragash, also known as St. ''Patience'' or ''Agia [[Ipomoni of Loutraki|Saint Hipomoni]]'', the mother of the last emperor of [[Constantinople]], [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]]</ref> and St. Nikon.

After the founding of the monastery, [[nun patapia]] was nominated as Mother Superior, with Father Nektarios Kyriakos [[father Nectarios Marmarinos]] as its spiritual leader. Today, there are some forty [[nun]]s living in the cells of the foundation and the current Mother Superior is Mother Isidora.

The monastery [[church]] is dedicated to the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]] and contains at its center the Mother of God for [[veneration]]. The church also holds the relic skull of St. [[Ipomoni ]] and part of the hip bone of St. Nikon. Saint Patapios’ memory is celebrated on 8 December (main celebration) and also at the Tuesday 2 days after the Sunday of Easter (in memory of the day that his relic was discovered).

* http[[Wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patapios]]

*http://el.orthodoxwiki.org/%CE%99%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AE_%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85* http://orthodoxwiki.org/Patapius_of_Thebes

* http://www.globalusers.orgcom/monastir_eng.htm

*http://www.livepedia.gr/index.php/%CE%93%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82* http://orthodoxwiki.org/Nun_patapiaFather_Nectarios_Marmarinos* http://www.livepedia.gr/index.php/%CE%93%CE%95B5%CECF%A181%CECF%9F8C%CE%9DBD%CECF%A484%CE%99B9%CECF%A383%CECF%A383%CE%91_B1_%CE%A0%CE%91B1%CECF%A484%CE%91B1%CECF%A080%CE%99AF%CE%91B1* http://www.facebook.com/pages/MotherSister-superiorPatapia/109137369163998#!/pages/Sister-Patapia/163836186969688109137369163998?sk=info* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO6mGl_j2Qc

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