The monastery is located on the northern slopes of Mount Oeta, some 3 km west of the town of Ypati.
[1] The katholikon is of the Athonite variety of the cross-in-square church with two conchs, narthex, and exonarthex, with four attached chapels on each corner.
[1][2] In 1959, the alleged tomb of St. Agathon was discovered in the south wall of the katholikon.
[1] The noted Greek Resistance member Germanos Dimakos was abbot (hegumenos) of the monastery until 1940.
Since 1985, the monastery also houses the Oiti Natural History Museum (Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας Οίτης), dedicated to the geology, climate, flora and fauna of Mount Oeta and its national park.