Agia Triada Monastery, Sparmos

The Agia Triada Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίας Τριάδος) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity (Agia Triada), on the southwestern slopes of Mount Olympus, Greece, near the village of Sparmos, whence it is also commonly known as Sparmou Monastery (Μονή Σπαρμού).

It is a stauropegic monastery, subordinated directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul).

The monastery became self-sufficient and had the financial resources to engage in external affairs.

A library and a study room were set up, the bookbinding workshop was practiced by experienced monks from the 17th to the 19th century.

Many of the manuscripts and books of that period were saved and are located in the Monastery of Panagia Olympiotissa.

A tower overlooks the high exterior walls, which are interrupted only by small, barred windows on the upper floors.

From the colonnades are the entrances to the museum and the small shop of the monks, as well as to the areas not accessible to the visitor of the monastery.

The door to the altar room was adorned with gilded wood carvings and icons.

Precious robes, the oldest icons of the monastery from the year 1633 and books, which were partly bound here.

Old silver vessels used during the liturgy, precious embroidery and documents, which are witnesses of the monastery's history, are exhibited.

View of the monastery
The refectory
Icon from 1633