While visiting the Meteora area, we visited two Eastern Orthodox monasteries, Varlaam and St. Stephen. Varlaam has much older structures than St. Stephen, and Varlaam has monks, and St. Stephens has nuns. They are both beautiful monasteries sitting on top of the rock towers, in seemingly precarious positions. Before electricity, they climbed and used net baskets to get to the monasteries. I can’t wrap my head around how they reached them in the past.
Holy Monastery of St. Stephen courtyard
Candles at Holy Monastery of St. Stephen
Holy Monastery of St. Stephen entrance
Holy Monastery of Varlaam wood ceiling
Holy Monastery of Varlaam
Old rope lift at Holy Monastery of Varlaam
Lift at Holy Monastery of Varlaam
Wine barrel at Holy Monastery of Varlaam