Konstamonitou monastery

Konstamonitou
the monastery Konstamonitou Tradition has it that the monastery of Konstamonitou was a foundation of the 4th century A.D., and indeed one by Constantine the Great - whence its name. Another version records as its founder a monk from Kastamoni in Asia Minor. The first mention of the monastery, however, occurs in an 11th century A.D. document. Amongst its benefactors and donors may be counted the Serb prince Georgios Brancowicz and Princess Anna Philanthropini. Aid was also provided in the form of considerable sums of money to help it in the troubles that came with subjection to the Turks by Vasiliki, wife of Ali Pasha of Ioannina.
Konstamonitou monastery

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