Ypapantis Monastery
{{Short description|Former monastery in Kalabaka Municipality, Thessaly Region, Greece}}
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| name = Ypapantis Monastery
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| location = {{flag|Greece}}
| geo = {{coord|39.733470|21.630868|type:landmark_region:GR|display=inline,title}}
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| religious_affiliation = Eastern Orthodox
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The Ypapantis Monastery ({{langx|el|Μονή Υπαπαντής|lit=Monastery of the Purification}}), also known as the Monastery of the Ascension of the Savior ({{langx|el|Αναλήψεως του Σωτήρος|translit=Analipseos tou Sotiros}}), is a former Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece.{{cite web|last=Vlioras|first=Spyridon|date=2017|title=Μετεωρικές μονές: Συμβολή στον απαιτούμενο και ευκταίο διάλογο|website=Σπυρίδων Βλιώρας (Προσωπική ιστοσελίδα)|url=https://www.vlioras.gr/Personal/Interests/Articles/2017.05.26.Meteora.htm|language=el|access-date=2022-06-02}} The monastery is built into the side of Dimitrios Rock.
Description
It was founded in 1367 by the Prior/Abbot of the {{ill|Skete of Dupiani|bg|Дупянски скит}}. In 1765, it was restored by {{ill|Athanasios Vlachavas|el|Βλαχάβας#Αθανάσιος Βλαχάβας}}, a local leader in the area who was a family member of Thymios Vlachavas. Today, Ypapantis Monastery (literally "Monastery of the Purification [of the Virgin Mary]") is inactive and rarely visited, although the building ({{Coord|39.733470|21.630868|type:landmark_region:R-E|display=inline|name=Ypapantis Monastery}}) has been restored.{{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}}
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{{Commons category|Moni Ypapantí (Meteora)}}
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