Posted by : Muhammad Khalid
Wednesday 25 June 2014
The Meteora is one of the largest and most important
complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone
rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios
river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. They
were the first people to inhabit Meteora. They lived in hollows and fissures in
the rock towers, some of which reach 1800 ft above the plain. This great
height, combined with the sheerness of the cliff walls, kept away all but the
most determined visitors. Initially the hermits led a life of solitude, meeting
only on Sundays and special days to worship and pray in a chapel built at the
foot of a rock known as Dhoupiani. Source