Monastery · Mountain
Panagia Rovelista Monastery
A forest monastery about 30 km east of Arta, with a miraculous icon of the Moschovitissa.
- Location
- About 30 km east of Arta, Velestsiko area
- History
- From the 10th century, no exact foundation
- Icon
- Panagia Moschovitissa, in a silver triptych of 1802
- Today
- Women's monastery since 1963
The Panagia Rovelista Monastery stands on a forested slope about 30 km east of Arta, in the Velestsiko area.
History
According to the travel.gr guide, the monastery's history goes back to the 10th century, with no precise founding date. Its centrepiece is the miraculous icon of Panagia Moschovitissa, in a silver triptych of 1802. The Ottoman army destroyed the monastery in 1854 and it was rebuilt. It was revived in 1951 after years of abandonment and has been a women's monastery since 1963.
