Mega Spilaio (Greek: Μέγα Σπήλαιο, lit. 'Great Cave'), formally the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου),[2] is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the municipality of Kalavryta, in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.
^"Συνέδριο και αναπαράσταση της μάχης του Μεγάλου Σπηλαίου". thebest.gr. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^"Ιερά Μονή Μεγάλου Σπηλαίου" (in Greek). Archbishopric of Athens. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
MegaSpilaio (Greek: Μέγα Σπήλαιο, lit. 'Great Cave'), formally the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Ιερά Μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου), is...
Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the MegaSpilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road...
4 km (2 mi) southwest of Kalavryta. Another famous monastery nearby is MegaSpilaio which is located 8 km (5 mi) northeast. The municipality Kalavryta was...
when he was very young. At the age of nine he entered as a novice in MegaSpilaio monastery, later becoming a monk and being given the name Germanos. He...
era for Greece. He even says that there was a prophecy of the monks of MegaSpilaio that on this date the rebirth of Greece would take place, and that the...
World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of MegaSpilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that...
the city and then campaigned against the Kalavryta. Then the abbot of MegaSpilaio holding a cross and together with the monks with threats and Christian...
community consists of the villages Kato Zachlorou and Ano Zachlorou, and the MegaSpilaio monastery. It is 11 km (7 miles) south of Diakopto, and 9 km (6 miles)...
Kertezi south–west of the city. The 2nd company entrenched itself at the MegaSpilaio monastery, which overlooked the road to Aigio north–east of the city...
Kalavryta. The German 117th Jäger Division destroyed the monastery of MegaSpilaio in Greece and executed 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that...
Argos, and Akrata. In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother occupied MegaSpilaio and drove back the attacks of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. He then fought...
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