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Municipality of Mantamados
 Taxiarchis in Mantamados
The monastery’s original church was built prior to the 18th century, but was completely reconstructed in 1879. According to legend, the relief icon of the Archangel Michael was moulded from clay and blood. |
Municipality of Eresos - Antissa
Moni Perivoli
The Perivoli Monastery is situated on the banks of the Voulgaris River, at a detour off the rural Kalloni-Antissa road just before you reach Antissa. It is a women’s convent dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin, and has fallen into disuse in recent years. |
Moni Ypsilou
Situated on the peak of Mt Ordymnos on the road to Sigri, the monastery has an excellent library with dozens of antique books dating from 1535 to 1845. Its museum displays many precious art objects of historical interest, including bishops’ staffs, gold embroidered vestments and holy relics.
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Pithari Monastery
There are two versions regarding the founding of this monastery. According to one, it was a Byzantine monastery that was reestablished during the Ottoman Empire. The other maintains that it was founded in the 16th century.
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Municipality of Kalloni
Moni Leimonos
Tall and imposing, the Leimonos Monastery has the most extensive grounds of all the monasteries in Lesvos. It was from its founding year (1526) an important place of asceticism and worship, as well as a dynamic institution of systematized education. |
Municipality of Agia Paraskevi
The Metochi of Taxiarchis Klopedi
Founded by St. Ignatius Galliano in the 16th century, this monastery remains the Metochi (monastery dependency) of the Leimonos Monastery. It is situated four kilometers northwest of Agia Paraskevi, near the archeological site of the sanctuary of Klopedi. |