Where the rock keeps silence.

Eight cells, one suite, and a hermitage cottage at the foot of Meteora. Sunrise walks to the monasteries, three afternoon classes a week, and a bookshop of fourteen hundred titles.

How a day unfolds here

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"How a day unfolds here"

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"A soft frame, never an obligation."

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"At 06:15 we leave together for one of the six monasteries. Breakfast is silent and is served at 09:00 in the courtyard. Afternoons hold one of three workshops. Vespers at the village church begins at 18:30. The library is open until midnight."

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"Read the full house guide" → /about/the-house/

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arched stone passage through the konaki at golden hour. Unsplash query: `stone arched passage konaki Greece golden hour`

A house their grandmother left them, and a brother who came down from the mountain

Eight cells, one suite, one cottage

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"Eight cells, one suite, one cottage"

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"All cotton. No televisions. Each room different."

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"Cells sleep one to two and share two bathhouses with underfloor heating. The Konaki Suite occupies the original *salóni* with a fireplace. The Hermitage Cottage stands alone behind the chapel — best for two who need silence even from us."

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– **A Cell with Rock View** — single or double, 14 m², stone walls, oak desk, north-facing arched window onto the Holy Trinity pinnacle. From €78 / night.

The Konaki Suite

38 m², original wood-beamed ceiling, working fireplace, two armchairs, separate dressing room. From €185 / night.

The Hermitage Cottage

26 m², stand-alone behind the chapel, private courtyard, woodstove, no WiFi. From €145 / night.

Three afternoons. Three living arts.

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"Three afternoons. Three living arts."

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"Taught by people who do this every day, not by guides who learnt it last summer."

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"Icon painting in egg tempera with painter Aris Vlachakis (Tuesdays). Byzantine chant with Cantor Iakovos Roumeliotis of the village church (Thursdays). Prosphoron bread-making with Sister Theonymphi from the convent of Saint Stephen (Saturdays). Each workshop runs for three hours; you take the work home."

3 cards

one per workshop with image, teacher, day, price (€55 per session, €145 for the three-day intensive)

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"See the workshop calendar" → /classes/calendar/

The library is the bookshop

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"The library is the bookshop"

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"Read it on the bench in the courtyard. If you cannot put it down, take it home."

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"Fourteen hundred titles in Greek, English, Russian, and French. Patristics, prayer books, iconography manuals, modern Greek spiritual essays, and a small but real children's section. We mail anywhere in the EU."

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"Browse the bookshop" → /bookshop/

From the desk by the chapel window

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"From the desk by the chapel window"

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"Short notes from the house — never news, never marketing."

3 cards

1. *Dressing for a Monastery: A Plain Guide* — Markella Antonatou — 4 March 2026 — what to wear, what to avoid, what we lend at the gate.

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"Read the journal" → /journal/

A letter once a month, never more.

Workshop calendar, two new bookshop arrivals, one short reading. Never marketing.

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