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Hosios Loukas Monastery
In accordance to the “paper of his Life” Hosios Loukas lived in the area of ancient Steirion & founded a monastic community in 946. After his death in 953, a rumor that his relic was miraculous brought many faithful people to the monastery to be cured. The monastery complex consists of two churches with cells & ancillary buildings & it is surrounded by an enclosure wall with towers at the corners. The church of "Panagia Theotokos" is the oldest one. It was likely built by the initiative of the emperor Romanos B’ in 961. Its architectural type is that of a complex tetrastyle church, which was very common in Constantinople.