Religious trip to Corinth

Apostle Paul after Athens chose to visit Corinth, where he stayed for a year and a half preaching the word of God. Then, Corinth was the most important commercial centre of Greece.

Nowadays, the area receives a large number of travellers from every corner of the world who wish to visit the Archaeological Site of Corinth and to see the place where Apostle Paul preached.

Hundreds of pilgrims visit each year the monasteries of Osios Patapios and Panagia Faneromeni in Chiliomodi.

At the centre of Corinth, in one of the most beautiful park of the city is the impressive metropolitan church dedicated to Apostle Paul, the patron saint of the city.

The Apostle of Nations visited Corinth three times during his journeys and his letters to the Corinthians are supreme examples of Christian teaching, and as a matter of fact he himself founded the first metropolis.

At a pine-tree area, 3 km from Chiliomodi, is the Monastery of Faneromeni, which is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.

Initially it was higher, approximately at a distance of 4 km from the present day monastery, at a location with excellent view of the surrounding area up to Acrocorinth.

From the old monastery the catholicon of the 13th century survives, with the beautiful but worn out wall paintings, but also the half ruined buildings of the cells. 

At the steep slope of mount Geraneia, over Loutraki, at a location with a panoramic view, is the famous Monastery of Osios Patapios, one of the most important pilgrimages in Greece.