The monastery is located north of Xanthi, on a rock in the ravine of Kosynthos River. Although it is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, it celebrates on the 23rd of August.
It was named after the reeds (called “kalamies” in Greek) that are abundant in the area where the icon of the Virgin was found. The monastery was built in the early 20th century. According to tradition, the monastery was built during the iconoclasm (726-843) by the iconophile monks who left Constantinople and settled in the monastery to escape iconoclasts.
Municipality of Xanthi (video)
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