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Byzantine & Christian Monuments |
Loutraki
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On the Road to Perachora
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Monastery of St Gerasimos & St Panteleimon |
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Perachora
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Pisia
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SCHINOS (ancient oenoe)
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Monastery
of
St
Gerasimos
&
St
Panteleimon
We
continue along the same road and, passing the turning
for Hosios Patapios, we come to the monastery of St Gerasimos. Around the
precinct 
are
the guest-rooms of the monastery, the guesthouse proper, the waiting rooms
and a little chapel of Our Lady 'Eleftherotria'. Outside the west wing
stands a stone cross 13 meters in height; which is lit at night. According
to the tradition, it was on this very spot that a pious clergyman met St
Gerasimos himself; the saint was holding a large cross and throwing firecrackers.
Close to the monastery is the little chapel of St Panteleimon, built in 1981 on the foundations of an earlier church.