San Giovanni Theristis

A corner of Byzantine Spirituality in the heart of Calabria!

Bivongi, the village built around a Byzantine monastery, Reggio Calabria, at the foot of Mount Consolino, rises in the valley of torrent Stilaro, also called the Byzantine Valley because all the inhab...

Orthodox monks in Italy? Yes! Here!

A beautiful monastery, well tended by the orthodox rumanian monks that replaced the greek ones. A peaceful place with amazing views on the mountanis around.

A beautiful place

Original Text

Go high to the mountains. When you come up the spirit is captured by such grace and beauty. There is now only 5 monks and before it was 100. We were allowed inside although there was a sist. A beautiful place in which I live ...

Spirit monastery visited in the year '90

Original Text

I have a memory of this place, evacuated by spirituality and restoration works. I remember that the roof was rebuilt and recently painted the apostles. (Work done by a Albanian couple). La ...

There ... where the Aspromonte gives the step to the Serre ... a place of art and spirituality emerges

Original Text

In the Panoramic Valley of Stillaro, the charming place where the Aspromonte gives pass to the Calabria Serre, the Orthodox Monastery of St. John Theristis is a ...