Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Meteora)

Monastery of St. John the Baptist
View of the monastery ruins from above
Religion
Affiliation	Eastern Orthodox
Location
Location	Greece
Geographic coordinates	39.723732°N 21.624006°E / 39.723732; 21.624006

Another view of the monastery ruins

The Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη Προδρόμου, romanized: Moni Agiou Ioanni Prodromou) is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece.^[1]

It is located on a rock directly adjacent to the Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas. The rock on which the monastery was built was the residence of Athanasius the Meteorite during the 14th century. Theophanes and Nektarios Apsarades, the founders of the Monastery of Varlaam, also lived on the rock for seven years before they built Varlaam.^[2]

References

1. Vlioras, Spyridon (2017). "Μετεωρικές μονές: Συμβολή στον απαιτούμενο και ευκταίο διάλογο". Σπυρίδων Βλιώρας (Προσωπική ιστοσελίδα) (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-02.
2. Provatakis, Theocharis M. (2006). Meteora: History of monasteries and monasticism. Athens: Michalis Toubis Publications S.A. ISBN 960-540-095-2.