METEORA - Adagio - 'Father's Theme', Eleni Karaindrou at Concert Hall of Athens

Adagio - 'Father's Theme' from 'Landscape in the Mist', Eleni Karaindrou at the Concert Hall of Athens (March 27, 2005)
Composer: Eleni Karaindrou
Oboe: Vangelis Christopoulos
Conductor: Alexandros Myrat
The six monasteries are built on natural conglomerate pillars, at the north-western edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece.
At their peak in the sixteenth century there were 24 monasteries at Metéora in Greece. They were created to serve monks and nuns following the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Much of the architecture of these buildings is Athonite in origin. Today there are six still functioning, while the remainder are in largely in ruin. Most of these are perched on high cliffs, now accessible by staircases cut into the rock formations. Of the six functioning monasteries, the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen and the Holy Monastery of Roussanou are inhabited by nuns while the remainder are inhabited by monks. The total monastic population of the Metéora monasteries in 2015 was 66, comprising 15 monks in four monasteries and 41 nuns in two monasteries.

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