Omolion.
Tsayezi. Stomion.
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118. Tsayezi, Aghios Demetrios monastery, catholicon (Τσαγεζι, καθολικο μονης Αγιου Δημητριου)
117.
Omolion.
The village is located in the N Ossa foothills, near the bridge
over the Peneus river, right after the exit to Tempe. In a hollow
on the rocks, outside the settlement, is a Byzantine hermitage.
Ruins survive of a small church with pseudo-cloisonné masonry.
118.
Tsayezi. Stomion
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On the E side of Ossa, between Tsayezi and Karitsa, stands
the active monastery of Aghios Demetrios (formerly Panagia).
It is known as “Oeconomeion”, “Conomeio” or “Comneneion”:
the last name is derived from a corruption of the first two and is
thus invalid, while the first two possibly originate from the name
of a neighbouring settlement whose ruins survive. Nucleus of
the monastery courtyard, the catholicon of the 15th c. has been
recently restored. It is a rare variation of the athonite triconch
type, with the lite to the W and four chapels at the corners. On
the W side of the courtyard the portal has been repaired, while
on the other sides are the newest wings of the monastery. Two
inscriptions bearing the dates 1492 and 1543 provide details of
the monastery’s building phases. The former date refers to the
construction of the enclosure, which presupposes a catholicon
or other structures, and the latter to its renovation.
