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