Agios Stefanos monastery, Greek Orthodox monastery in Meteora, Greece

The Monastery of Saint Stephen stands on a rocky precipice below the Kukulas peak, at 575 metres above sea level, at the southern end of Meteora above Kalambaka. A small bridge links it to the modern road. The cells flank the entrance; the old catholicon, a small single-aisled church with a narthex, lies in the southeast of the enclosure, and the new catholicon, built in 1798, in the northwest.

Hermits settled the rock of Agios Stefanos from the late 12th century; by tradition the ascetic Jeremiah founded the monastery in 1191/2. Construction began in the 14th century with Antony Kantakouzenos as first founder and was completed in the 16th century, when the monk Philotheos of Sklataina rebuilt it and it became stavropegic in 1545. A female community has lived here since 1961.

The old catholicon, in the southeast of the enclosure, is a small single-aisle vaulted church with two phases of frescoes, the second by Nikolaos Kastrensios. The new catholicon, northwest, was built in 1798 and painted in the 1980s by Vlasis Tsotsonis. Near the old church stand the refectory and the sacristy-museum.

The monastery stands at the southern edge of Meteora above Kalambaka, reached by a small bridge linking it to the modern road, so no rock-cut stair climb is needed. Cells flank the entrance, and the old katholikon lies at the southeast of the enclosure, the new one at the northwest.

The old catholicon, in the southeast of the enclosure, is a small single-aisle church with two phases of wall paintings; the second phase was painted by Nikolaos Kastrinsios. The new catholicon, built in 1798 to the northwest, was painted in the 1980s by Vlasis Tsotsonis. Near the old church stand the refectory and the sacristy-museum.