Zoodochos Pigi Monastery on Samos: The Cliff-Top Retreat Facing Turkey

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The Zoodochos Pigi Monastery stands on the far eastern tip of Samos, above Cape Prasso and southeast of the capital. Founded in the sixteenth century, the walled compound holds a domed katholikon, a carved wooden iconostasis and old icons. A shaded courtyard and a seaward terrace look out over the water toward the Turkish coast. … Read more