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Cimitir Λυχνός

📍 Λυχνός, Grecia

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The Agathonos Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγάθωνος) is a Greek Orthodox male monastery in Phthiotis, Central Greece. The monastery is located on the northern slopes of Mount Oeta, some 3 km west of the town of Ypati. The monastery's katholikon dates to the 15th century, which is also when the monastery was probably founded, although it may have antecedents as early as 1271, when the ruler of Thessaly, John I Doukas, received horses in the locality. The katholikon is of the Athonite variety of the cross-in-square church with two conchs, narthex, and exonarthex, with four attached chapels on each corner. The main church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the chapels to the Transfiguration (southeast), the Holy Apostles (northeast), Saint Charalambos (northwest), and Saint John (southwest). Its interior decoration dates to three clearly discernible phases: the 16th–17th centuries, the 18th cen

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