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Agios Stefanos Monastery. Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Moni Aghiou Stefanou was founded by St. Antoninus Cantacuzene, who is thought to be a son of the Serb ruler Nicephorus II of Epirus, in c.1400. The monastery suffered much damage in the 20th century: it was bombed during World War II and desecrated during the subsequent Civil War. In the latter period, most of the frescoes were defaced by Communist rebels. St. Stephen's was virtually abandoned until 1961, when it became a nunnery.

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Agios Stefanos Monastery. Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Moni Aghiou Stefanou was founded by St. Antoninus Cantacuzene, who is thought to be a son of the Serb ruler Nicephorus II of Epirus, in c.1400. The monastery suffered much damage in the 20th century: it was bombed during World War II and desecrated during the subsequent Civil War. In the latter period, most of the frescoes were defaced by Communist rebels. St. Stephen's was virtually abandoned until 1961, when it became a nunnery.