Above the town of Kalambaka, we find the women's monastery of Saint Stefanos, since 1961, the only one that does not have steps, as access is via a small bridge. According to the old tradition, this monastery is connected with female monasticism. Monks inhabited the rock of the monastery of Saint Stefanos at the end of the 12th century. According to information that today cannot be confirmed, the first founder of the monastery, in 1911-1912, appears to be the ascetic Jeremias. The building composition of the monastery was founded in the 14th century and completed in the 15th and 16th k. The first owner of the monastery is its monk and abbot, Antonios Kantakouzinos. The second owner is the monk Philotheos "from Sklataina," who is mentioned as a restorer "from the foundations" of Agios Stefanos. In 1545, the monastery became stauropigian until 1743. Theophilos rebuilt from scratch the old katholikon, located southeast of the precinct, and the bank that houses the monastery's vault museum. The old katholikon is now used exclusively for the religious use of the monks. It is open for worship only on the two days of the year the monastery celebrates (December 27 and February 10) and is a small one-room street church with a liti. The monastery was painted in two phases. The frescoes of the first phase were donated by the abbot of the monastery Mitrophanou and by the hieromonk Grigoriou. The frescoes of the second phase were made by the painter priest Nikolaos of Kastrisio, at the initiative of the abbot of the monastery Grigoriou, in the 17th century. In 1798, the new catholicon was created in the northwestern part of the precinct. It belongs to the three-bay cruciform inscribed temple type with a spacious apse on its western side and a porch along the northern side of the temple. It was dedicated to Saint Charalambos from the 17th century. He is mentioned as the second patron of the monastery. He built the cells, which are located on both sides of the entrance, as well as other auxiliary areas of the sanctuary. The frescoes of the new katholikon were done by the well-known icon painter of our time, Vlasis Tsotsonis. The hearth, a small square vaulted building, the stable, and other monastery areas are in the eastern part of the enclosure. The monastery took its current form with the buildings built in the 18th and 19th centuries. To enter the sanctuary, men are required not to wear sleeveless tops and shorts above the knee and women long skirts below the knee.
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