Holy Monastery, Orthodox monastery ruins near Kalabaka, Greece.

Holy Monastery is a ruined former Greek Orthodox monastery on a narrow rock in the Meteora complex at Kalabaka, Thessaly, overshadowed by the taller Ypsilotera Rock. Only remains of the buildings survive on the rock, and the Cave of St. Athanasius of Meteora lies beside it.

The Holy Monastery is a former Greek Orthodox monastery at Meteora, first documented in 1614, when more than 20 monks lived there. It sought recognition as a stavropegion, a monastery directly under a patriarch. Today only ruins remain on a narrow rock overshadowed by Ypsilotera Rock, and the Cave of St. Athanasius of Meteora lies next to it.

The monastery is a ruin on a narrow rock beneath Ypsilotera Rock, so no monks live here today. Its names record older dedications: Nea Moni (New Monastery), Monastery of the Birth of the Theotokos, Monastery of the Entry of the Theotokos, and Cell of Varlaam. The Cave of St. Athanasius of Meteora lies beside it.

The Holy Monastery is a ruin on a narrow rock below Ypsilotera Rock, so there are no buildings to enter and no dress code to observe. The Cave of St. Athanasius of Meteora lies next to the site. Approach on foot from Kalabaka and watch for loose stone on the uneven path.

The monastery was recorded in 1614 with more than 20 monks and sought recognition as a stavropegion, a monastery directly under a patriarch. Only ruins remain on a narrow rock beneath Ypsilotera Rock, and the Cave of St. Athanasius of Meteora lies beside it.