Monastery of Panayia Yiatrissa

The Monastery of Panayia Yiatrissa (pronounced [pɑːnɑː'jiːɑː jiː’ɑːtriːsɑː]) is a Greek Orthodox church and monastery in the southern Peloponnese of Greece on the Mani Peninsula. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; a colloquial translation of Panayia Yiatrissa is “Our Lady of Healing”, and Greek churches dedicated to Mary are typically called "Panagia". Tradition holds that it was established as an Orthodox monastery in 1683 and that numerous miraculous healings have occurred there. The church was erected on the site of the ruins of an Ancient Greek temple of Athena in the Taygetus mountain range in as early as AD 382, coincident with the Christianization of Greece in the early Byzantine period. The complex grew to include many structures spread over a wide area, but at some point it was largely or wholly abandoned for centuries, until its re-opening as a monastery and Panagia in the 17th century. The condition of the monastery has ebbed and flowed with the long and tumultuous history of the Mani Peninsula. Today, the monastery complex includes a moderately-sized, ornately-decorated, Byzantine-style church and a small chapel. Residential quarters for overnight visitors surround the interior courtyard. The site offers visitors a scenic 360-degree vista, made accessible by a rampart that encircles the complex and enables visitors to walk its perimeter. T

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