Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou is a church in Nafpaktia, West Central Greece, West Greece and has about 11 residents. Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou is situated nearby to the town Nafpaktos, as well as near the hamlet Velvina.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: medieval monastery in Nafpaktia Municipality, West Greece Region, Greece
- Also known as: “Moni Agiou Ioannou”, “Moní Agíou Ioánnou”, “St. John Vomvokou monastery”, and “Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου Προδρόμου”
- Postal code: 30300
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orini Nafpaktia and Nafpaktos.
Orini Nafpaktia
Orini Nafpaktia is a mountain region in the Aetolia-Acarnania region of West Central Greece.Nafpaktos
Town
Photo: Dimkoa, Public domain.
Nafpaktos or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km west of the mouth of the river Mornos. Nafpaktos is situated 4½ km south of Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou.
Velvina
Hamlet
Velvina is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Nafpaktos in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. According to the 2021 census, it had 43 inhabitants. Velvina is situated 6 km southwest of Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou.
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nafpaktia, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.43439° or 38° 26′ 4″ northLongitude
21.82094° or 21° 49′ 15″ eastPopulation
11Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)Open location code
8GC3CRMC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1531495871OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Greek—“Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos Vomvokou” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Предтеча (Етолоакарнания)”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Предтеча”
- Greek: “Άγιος Ιωάννης Βομβοκούς”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου Προδρόμου Βομβοκούς”
- Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου Αιτωλοακαρνανίας”
- Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου”
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