Dourachani monastery, Orthodox monastery in Loggades, Greece

Dourachani monastery stands on the slope of Mount Mitsikeli across Lake Pamvotida from Ioannina, 11.5 km from the city centre and 3 km from Loggades. It is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin and was rebuilt from its foundations in 1830, after fires and the 1611 Ioannina revolt had destroyed earlier structures. It functioned as a monastery until 1933, when it was looted and abandoned, and has been gradually restored since 1974.

Tradition holds that the monastery was built by the Ottoman military commander Turahan Pasha, who crossed the frozen Lake Pamvotida with his army and took Ioannina in the winter of 1434. The medieval monastery was destroyed during the 1611 uprising in Ioannina and rebuilt from its foundations in 1830. It operated until 1933, when it was looted and abandoned, and has been gradually restored since 1974.

The monastery is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and takes its name from Durahan Pasha, the Ottoman commander whose camp tradition places on this spot. Father Athanasios, born Sotiris Chatzis, founded the charitable institution "Anthos" here, a boarding home that ran a primary school and a gymnasium.

The monastery stands on the slope of Mount Mitsikeli across Lake Pamvotida from Ioannina, 11.5 km from the city centre and 3 km from Loggades. It is reached by road, not by a waterside footpath. The site was rebuilt from its foundations in 1830 and restored after 1974, so parts of the complex are recent work.

The monastery was rebuilt from its foundations in 1830 and operated until 1933, when it was looted and abandoned. Its restoration after 1974 was largely the work of Sotiros Chatzis from Vovousa, an illiterate but spiritual man who had been the first monk there before World War II.