Monastery of Saint Stephen (Meteora)

{{Short description|Monastery in Kalabaka Municipality, Thessaly Region, Greece}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox religious building

| name = Monastery of St. Stephen

| image = Moni Agiou Stephanou BW 2017-10-07 10-59-13.jpg

| location = Greece

| geo = {{coord|39|42|51|N|21|37|37|E|type:landmark_region:GR|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 575

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite book|last=Provatakis|first=Theocharis M.|year=2006|title=Meteora: History of monasteries and monasticism|place=Athens|publisher=Michalis Toubis Publications S.A.|ISBN=960-540-095-2|pages=15}}

| religious_affiliation = Eastern Orthodox

| completed =

}}

The Monastery of St. Stephen ({{langx|el|Μονή Αγίου Στεφάνου}}) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece.{{cite web|title=Meteora|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|date=2022-04-04|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/455/|access-date=2022-05-06}} It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice.{{cite thesis|last=Poulios|first=Ioannis|title=Living sites: the past in the present - the monastic site of Meteora, Greece: towards a new approach to conservation|year=2008|type=Doctoral dissertation|publisher=Institute of Archaeology, University College London|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444472}} Kukulas (Κουκουλάς) peak (510 m) overlooks the monastery.

In 1961, the monastery was converted into a nunnery.{{cite book|last=Provatakis|first=Theocharis M.|year=2006|title=Meteora: History of monasteries and monasticism|place=Athens|publisher=Michalis Toubis Publications S.A.|ISBN=960-540-095-2|pages=62}}