As part of the August 15th celebrations, there will be an event with traditional music on the evening of August 14 at 9 pm, on the pavement in front of Poretsou Monastery, in Agrabela, Achaia.
The music will be accompanied by “The children down on the plain” with singing, guitar, violin, percussion, clarinet, oud and lots of fun.
The event is free, while it is organized by the Cultural and Beautifying Association of Agrampela “Agios Dimitrios”, with the support of the Diocese of Ilia and the Municipality of Kalavryta.
The musical evening will begin at the end of the established vespers and will end at midnight.
There will be vegetarian cuisine available as well as drinks / soft drinks for sale.
Agrafela of Achaia
Agrapela (old name: Poretso) is a mountain village (~900m.) of Erymanthos and seat of the Local Community of the same name, of the Municipal Unit of Aroania, of the Municipality of Kalavryta. The Local Community also includes the village of Platanitsa (old name: Germotsani).
The village church dedicated to Agios Dimitrios dates from 1608-1611 AD as does the Poretsou Monastery. The renovation and maintenance works of both monuments were recently completed.
Agrapela is ~10 km from the former community of Psofidos and more specifically the settlement of Tripotamas.
The E31 hiking trail that crosses the NW Peloponnese passes through the village, which starts from Patras, passes through the foothills of Panahaikos and Erymanthos, crosses the unique oak forest of Foloi and ends in Olympia. It is also called the Path of Pausanias in memory of the ancient traveler.
Poretsou Monastery or Panagia Poretriotisa
In the shadow of Olenos, in the ravine formed by the Erymanthos river and between Agrabela and Platanitsa, there is the Monastery of Poretsou or Panagia Poretsiotisa, at an altitude of (~800m).
The Holy Monastery of Poretsos belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Ilia and is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. The monastery is celebrated on August 15.
The foundation of the monastery is dated to the 10th to 11th century AD. The Monastery acquired its current form between the years 1608-1611 AD, when it was renovated “from the ground up” with the assistance of the Valis of Tripoli and the archon Spyliotis Klokonis, according to an inscription in its catholicon which was painted in the same period from the Nafplion Moschos brothers.
The Monastery does not have its own brotherhood after the departure of the last monks in the early 1980s.
The monastery complex was included in the Pilgrimage Tourism program of the Ministry of Development and was fully restored and since 2023 it has opened and operates within the framework of the promotion of Pilgrimage Tourism, Agritourism & Ecotourism in the area.
At the facilities of the Monastery, the visitor can spend the night at a minimal cost.
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