Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus

Originally the name of the ancient monastery was Agia Triada (Greek: Αγία Τριάδα) meaning Holy Trinity.

Surrounded by strong high walls with a sizable watchtower, it resembles a small fortress.

The German military first bombed the monastery and later demolished it with explosives to prevent its use as refuge for Greek resistance fighters.

It is located on the Enipeas River in a southeasterly direction from the monastery, built under an overhanging rock just above a spring.

The older part of the new monastery is equipped with a heavy iron door and thus separated from the rest of the compound.

Many of the church's chairs, standing consoles, and other wooden items are decorated with elaborate marquetry, the inserts of which are made of ivory and mother-of-pearl.

A soldier of the German Wehrmacht named Karl Faber took these pictures secretly and sent them to the monastery some years ago.