Proussos Monastery and traditional village, Karpenisi Eurytania | best of Greece
“Beautiful Byzantine monastery”
A very beautiful place to walk and take some good memories. You must visit it and take some photos from magic view that the place offering.
According to tradition, the foundation of the monastery is placed in the reign of the iconoclast emperor Theophilus (829-842 AD) and is linked to the adventures and the appearance of the holy icon of Virgin Mary from the Proussa of Bithynia (in Asia Minor) in the cave of this area.
The shelter of the icon is the exact location where the monastery was built, surrounded by a majestic and wild landscape. Today, the monastery is a place of pilgrimage believers from all over Greece.
The monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa is built on a steep rock.
According to the tradition, it was founded in 829 by monks Dionysios and Timotheos, who brought with them the icon of Virgin Mary from Prousa in Asia Minor. However, it is more possible that the monastery was established between the 12th and 14th century.
It became a shelter for civilians during the Turkish occupation, at the same time G. Karaiskakis received treatment here. The monastery was destroyed and ransacked many times during the Turkish occupation and was set on fire by the Germans in 1944. You will find religious icons dating back to the 13th and 16th century as well as a library where many important relics are kept.
The Museum of the Proussos Monastery, where old ecclesiastical relics and personal items of Georgios Karaiskakis are kept.
You can also see the “steps” of Virgin Mary in Typoma, geologic formations that look like footprints. According to the tradition these are the footprints of Virgin Mary when she came from Prousa. You will also have the chance to see the lookout towers (“karaoulia”) of Karaiskakis above the Monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa, which were built during the Revolution.
In Prousos, the “Agathidis’ Library” is also very interesting. The library was founded along with the middle school in 1880.
Discover local culinary treasures
All these sports activities on the mountain are definitely going to whet your appetite! Taste Evrytania country sausages with or without leek, local pies and river trout at nearby tavernas. Try the top quality organic prosciutto made of a black indigenous breed of swine, a delicacy which was known as ‘akrokolion’ in antiquity; nowadays it is produced at Prouso village. The product was awarded the second prize in the international gastronomic competition in Sicily, and the plant where it is produced is one of the sights in the area! If you are a cheese-lover, make sure you taste feta cheese as well as Tsalafouti, a local cheese. Tsipouro drink or mouro, a type of local drink whose taste is similar to tsipouro, will make a fine accompaniment to your meal. Trachanas, some herbal mountain tea and fragrant honey from fir forests in the area are products you should definitely add to your buys before leaving.
At the beautiful and impressive location that is shaped on the edges of the mountains Kaliakouda and Chelidona, on a rock with an enchanting view and a location with strategic importance, is built the historic Monastery of Panagia Prousiotissa or Monastery Proussos. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin and is one of the few monasteries that survive in Evrytania, but also one of the most important pilgrimages of Sterea Ellada (Central Greece), since the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary attracts a lot of visitors throughout the year.
The foundation of the monastery is related to the miraculous icon, which is considered the work of Luke the Evangelist. According to tradition, in the period of iconoclasm, in the first half of the 9th century, in the years the last iconoclast emperor Theophilus, a new nobleman, in order to save the icon attempted to transfer it from Proussa to Greece. However, the icon disappeared in a strange manner and some years later, the shepherds in the area found it in a cave at Proussos, where it is kept even today, inside a chapel.
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Προυσός - Ασπρόπυργος, Ευρυτανία / Prousos - Aspropyrgos, Evrytania Greece
Proussos Monastery
A walkthrough Proussos Monastery, near Karpenisi, Evrytania, Central Greece.
The monastery was founded in the 12th century AD. It played a very imposrtant role during then Greek War of Independence, during which it was a center of political guidance and a hospital.
Its most treasured item is the image of Panagia Prousiotissa which was transferred there form Constntinople during the time of the Iconocalsm (9th century AD)
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Evrytania, Greece - Panagia Prousiotissa Monastery in 4K!
The route from Karpenissi to the monastery of Panagia is difficult and tedious in some places dangerous. But once I faced the edge of a deep ravine, compensated immediately. The landscape is frightening.. The church is the icon of the Virgin Mary, built under a pan, like a rock cave. It is no coincidence that the monastery receives hundreds of visitors every year. Make sure you're one of them.
The story goes back a thousand years to the time when the heresy against the holy icons, Iconoclasm, was raging all over the Christian world. The Byzantine Emperor Theophilos had ordered, all holy icons be removed from the churches and burned. The Orthodox people were protecting and hiding the holy icons. They put themselves at risk of exile and even death for those icons.
The monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa is built on a steep rock.
According to the tradition, it was founded in 829 by monks Dionysios and Timotheos, who brought with them the icon of Virgin Mary from Prousa in Asia Minor. However, it is more possible that the monastery was established between the 12th and 14th century.
It became a shelter for civilians during the Turkish occupation, at the same time G. Karaiskakis received treatment here. The monastery was destroyed and ransacked many times during the Turkish occupation and was set on fire by the Germans in 1944. You will find religious icons dating back to the 13th and 16th century as well as a library where many important relics are kept.
The Museum of the Proussos Monastery, where old ecclesiastical relics and personal items of Georgios Karaiskakis are kept.
You can also see the “steps” of Virgin Mary in Typoma, geologic formations that look like footprints. According to the tradition these are the footprints of Virgin Mary when she came from Prousa. You will also have the chance to see the lookout towers (“karaoulia”) of Karaiskakis above the Monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa, which were built during the Revolution.
In Prousos, the “Agathidis’ Library” is also very interesting. The library was founded along with the middle school in 1880.
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Driving from Prousos to Karpenisi (canyon and mountain road driving, Greece) - onboard camera
Driving from Prousos Orthodox Monastery to Karpenisi. The video starts outside Prousos Orthodox Monastery, continues through the canyon on a narrow windy road, at some point it passes literally under the mountain and finishes cruising the streets of Karpenisi town (capital of Evrytania regional unit).
It is real fun driving through the canyon!
Some related photos from my Panoramio account:
Contents:
0:00 - Start (Prousos Orthodox Monastery)
0:45 - Turning right towards Karpenisi / Driving in the canyon
3:50 - Windshield cleaning
6:15 - Jeep stopped in the middle of the road
7:10 - Overtake 1: VW Passat B6
11:33 - Twigs on the road surface
17:25 - Passing under the mountain!
21:00 - Gavros (village)
28:45 - Overtake 2: Mitsubishi pickup truck
32:30 - Turning left towards Karpenisi
32:55 - Karepnisi (town) / Overtake 3: Old pickup truck
34:30 - Mpakogianni Pavlou street
35:30 - Turning right onto Apodimon Ellinon street
Car:
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5L Invite (model of 2010)
Engine — 4A91
Power — 108 hp (81 kW; 109 PS) at 6000 rpm
Torque — 143 N·m (105 lb·ft) at 4000 rpm
EBC UPR rotors
EBC Yellowstuff pads
Camera:
GoPro HD HERO2
Video Specifications:
30 fps @ 1080p
FOV: 170º
Spot Meter: OFF
Soundtrack:
Chased Through The Woods by spinningmerkaba ( - 0:00
Living Taciturn by Phazor ( - 2:53
Voyage Back by C.Portable ( - 6:00
Cool Blue (Instrumental) by CASchubert ( - 8:33
My Beloved by Falik ( - 12:21
Bathroom Blues by Fireproof_Babies ( - 18:14
Number 5 (B) by DeMeriden ( - 21:07 & 32:56
Modestly Rude by Rockit_Dogg ( - 26:07
Magic Moon - Restless heart (rnb beat mix) by RobbH ( - 27:55
So Kill Me (Welcome to Wallyworld) by minimal_art ( - 30:47
Karpenisi to Proussos FILE0868
The Holy Monastery of Prousos - Greece
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Footprints of Mary near Proussos Monastery in Greece
A shrine dedicated to the Footprints of Mary near Proussos Monastery in Greece.
Proussos, Greece - Sterea / Central Greece - AtlasVisual
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Proussos is 32 km from Karpenisi in Sterea or Central Greece, in a lush wild green area where Karpenisiotis river flows through. There are shops with traditional and folk art products, many hotels and taverns with good food. The village is famous for the impressive monastery of Panagia Prousiotisa, built on a steep rock. It is worth seeing the remarkable museum with valuable scripts and items.
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From Thermo area to Prousos (mountain road driving, Greece) - onboard camera
Driving from a few kilometers North of Thermo (after Taxiarchis village) to Prousos. After the 21:00 minute of the video the journey becomes very beautiful, passing through a fir tree forest and continuing on an elevation that gets higher every second. (Maximum elevation is 1450 meters / 4757 feet around 27:45). After hitting max elevation follows a long downhill part. At some point (see contents below) there is a landslide that partially blocks the road. The video finishes in the entrance of Prousos village where the battery of the camera dies.
Some related photos from my Panoramio account:
Contents:
0:00 - Start
2:15 - Turning right towards Prousos
2:30 - Driving downhill
9:55 - Rocks on the road
10:30 - Strigania (village)
11:12 - Turning right towards Thermo
12:53 - Water splash (particularly on the right side of the car)
16:15 - Lampiri (village)
17:50 - The road starts to go noticeably uphill
18:45 to 19:00 - Two hairpins
20:00 - Hairpin
20:40 to 20:48 - Two consecutive hairpins
21:00 - The road passes through a fir trees forest as it continues to go uphill
25:00 - Hairpin and a rock in the middle of the road
25:35 - Another hairpin and road work ahead
27:45 - Reaching maximum elevation of 1450 meters (4757 ft.), deep cliff on the left that continues on the right
28:35 - Road goes downhill after hitting maximum elevation
36:05 - Right hairpin
36:45 - Left hairpin
37:30 - Another hairpin
38:50 - Landslide partially blocking the road
40:20 - Kouli (village)
42:10 - Turning left towards Prousos
42:50 - Entering Prousos (village). Unfortunately the battery of GoPro HD HERO2 dies short after.
Car:
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5L Invite (model of 2010)
Engine — 4A91
Power — 108 hp (81 kW; 109 PS) at 6000 rpm
Torque — 143 N·m (105 lb·ft) at 4000 rpm
EBC UPR rotors
EBC Yellowstuff pads
Camera:
GoPro HD HERO2
Video Specifications:
30 fps @ 1080p
FOV: 170º
Spot Meter: OFF
Soundtrack:
Dark Woods by Fireproof_Babies ( - 0:00
I Dunno by grapes ( - 2:32
Undercover by Citizen Nyx ( - 5:18
Blue Like Venus by spinningmerkaba ( - 8:58 & 41:44
Nanyang Journey (Instrumental) by Ivan Chew ( - 13:33
Improvisation On Sunday... by Alex ( - 17:31
A birth by Donnie Drost ( - 21:25
Pieces of life by cdk ( - 27:16
Eighteen pieces (soda) by Soda ( - 30:03
ME & JESS by BOCrew ( - 34:27
LA TRIPLETA by virtualdjmax ( - 38:24
Karpenisi, Greece
Μάιος 2018, Καρπενήσι, Νομός Ευρυτανίας, Στερεά Ελλάδα.
May 2018, Karpenisi, Evrytania regional unit, Central Greece.
From Karpenisi to Proussos (Uncut Version)
This is the raw video of the route from Karpenisi to Proussos. I really enjoyed this trip, I hope you will too.
Κατάρρευσε τοιχίο και πλάκωσε διερχόμενο ΙΧ στο Μεγάλο χωριό Ευρυτανίας- Συμβαίνει τώρα
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Trip to Karpenisi 2018
Scouts of the 53rd went on a trip to Karpenisi, Greece in Spring 2018. They tried out extreme sports, visited museums and met scouts from Greece.
A day in Karpenisi, Greece | Cityph0t0graphy
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Karpenisi (Greek: Καρπενήσι, Greek pronunciation: [karpeˈnisi]) is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Evrytania. Karpenisi is situated in the valley of the river Karpenisiotis (Καρπενησιώτης), a tributary of the Megdovas, in the southern part of the Pindus Mountains. Mount Tymfristos (2,315 m elevation) lies directly to the north of the town, and the foothills of mount Kaliakouda are in the south. Karpenisi has a ski resort and is a popular destination, especially during winter. It is called Switzerland of Greece for the resemblance with the mountainous country and its beauty, atypical for a Mediterranean place.
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προυσός ευρυτανίας (λήψη drone)
the monastery of prousos filmed by the air with drone