Theotokos Kosmosteira
The Theotokos Kosmosoteira is a Greek Orthodox church in Feres, Evros, in the Western Thrace region of Greece. It was built as a monastery in c. 1152 by the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, a son of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.Photo: Lapost, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Byzantine monastery in Feres, Evros, Greece
- Also known as: “Theotokos Kosmosoteira” and “Theotokos Kosmosoteiras”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Feres and Doriscus.
Feres
Photo: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Feres is in Western Thrace. It has the most significant Byzantine monument in Thrace: the Monastery of Panagia Kosmosoteira.
Doriscus
Village
Photo: Aristomakos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Doriscus was a settlement in ancient Thrace, on the northern shores of Aegean Sea, in a plain west of the river Hebrus. It was notable for remaining in Persian hands for many years after the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and remained thus known as the last Persian stronghold in Europe. Doriscus is situated 5 km southwest of Theotokos Kosmosteira.
Pylaia
Village
Pylaia is a village in the municipal unit of Feres, in the southern part of the Evros regional unit, northeastern Greece. In 2021 its population was 102 for the community, including the villages Melia and Koila. Pylaia is situated 6 km northwest of Theotokos Kosmosteira.
Theotokos Kosmosteira
- Categories: church, monastery, hospital, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.89384° or 40° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
26.17034° or 26° 10′ 13″ eastInception
1152Open location code
8GG8V5VC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1527811498OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q96962495
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Theotokos Kosmosteira” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Вирски манастир”
- Chinese: “救世诞神女修道院”
- French: “monastère de la Panagía Kosmosótira”
- French: “Monastère de la Panagía Kosmosótira”
- French: “Monastère de la Theotókos Kosmosótira Kosmosótira”
- French: “Panagía Kosmosótira”
- French: “Theotókos Kosmosótira”
- Greek: “Θεοτόκος η Κοσμοσώτειρα”
- Greek: “Μονή Παναγίας Κοσμοσώτειρας”
- Russian: “Монастырь Богородицы Космосотиры”
- Russian: “Панагия Космосотира”
- Turkish: “Theotokos Kosmosotira”
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Highlights include Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών and Ομονοίας.
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