Свети Рафаил, Николай и Ирина, Orthodox monastery in Paionia Municipality, Greece.
The Saints Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene Monastery is an Orthodox shrine in the Paionia region featuring traditional Byzantine architectural style with religious decoration. The complex falls under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Metropolis of Goumenissa, Axioupoli, and Polikastro.
The monastery was founded in 1992 by Metropolitan Dimitrios of Goumenissa on a wooded slope of Mount Paiko at 600 m, above the Axios valley near Griva, 7 km from Goumenissa. It is dedicated to Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, martyred on Lesbos on the Tuesday after Easter 1463. Its katholikon combines Athonite and Constantinopolitan elements, and the iconostasis of the Myrrhbearers chapel was carved by monks of the Serbian Decani monastery.
The monastery serves as a gathering place for the Orthodox community, where regular services and religious celebrations shape the rhythm of the year. Visitors can witness the active spiritual traditions that define local religious life.
Information about services, opening times, and religious events is available through the monastery's official website. Visitors should check beforehand whether certain times are reserved or if special guidelines apply during visits.
The monastery holds relics of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, martyred on Lesbos on the Tuesday after Easter 1463. Its chapel of the Myrrhbearers has a hand-carved wooden iconostasis made by monks of the Serbian Decani monastery, a 14th-century foundation. Serbian and Romanian clergy and monks have visited repeatedly, and the monastery serves as a place of inter-Orthodox contact.
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