page_title: Monasteries and churches at Mount Olympus
hierarchical_section_title: Monasteries and churches at Mount Olympus
caption_attribution_description: English: Geographic map of Europe during Paul of Tarsus' times, as produced by User:Alecmconroy to illustrate a relevant article and now to be used on its translation.
context_page_description: The Christianization of the Olympus region began relatively early. While the episcopal seats from Byzantine times only remaining ruins, inhabited and used monasteries and churches are still present at this time at Olympus. Some of the monasteries are a stauropegion, ie they are directly subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople, others belong to a diocese. The number of churches and chapels around Mount Olympus is hard to overlook. That is why only the monasteries and most important churches are mentioned.
context_section_description: The Christianization of the Olympus region began relatively early. While the episcopal seats from Byzantine times only remaining ruins, inhabited and used monasteries and churches are still present at this time at Olympus. Some of the monasteries are a stauropegion, ie they are directly subordinate to the Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul), others belong to a diocese. The number of churches and chapels around Mount Olympus is hard to overlook. That is why only the monasteries and most important churches are mentioned.
caption: Stations of the journey of Paul of Tarsus (Apostle Paul)
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