Pantanassa Monastery

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The Pantanassa Monastery ({{langx|el|Μονή Παντανάσσης}}) is a monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, John Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428. It is the only monastery on the site still permanently inhabited.{{cite book|last=Hellier|first=Chris|title=Monasteries of Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIvpAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 July 2012|year=1996|publisher=Tauris Parke Books|isbn=978-1-85043-264-7}}{{cite web | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=9382 | script-title=el:Παντάνασσα | publisher = Hellenic Ministry of Culture | work = ODYSSEUS Portal | accessdate = 12 July 2012 | language = Greek}} Today it is inhabited by nuns providing hospitality.{{cite book|last=Johnston|first=William M. |title=Encyclopedia of monasticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TIOAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 July 2012|year=2000|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|isbn=978-1-57958-090-2|page=549}}

Its "beautifully ornate stone-carved façade" is of architectural note.{{cite book|last=Hellander|first=Paul|title=Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwnPywIER0YC&pg=PA198|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=30 March 2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-656-4|page=198}}