Editing Meteora (section)

=== Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas ===
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[[File:Monastery_of_St._Nicholas_Anapausas.jpg|right|thumb|The Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas]]
The [[Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas]] is located atop a small narrow rock. It is approximately eighty meters high and the first which the pilgrims encounter on their way to the holy Meteora. The Monastery was founded in the late 14th century and today is surrounded by the deserted and ruined monasteries of St. John Prodromos, the [[Christ Pantocrator|Pantocrator]], and the chapel of Panagia Doupiani.<ref>Nicol, Donald MacGillivray. Meteora : The Rock Monasteries of Thessaly by Donald M Nicol. Chapman and Hall, 1963. EBSCOhost, search-ebscohost-com.holycross.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06787a&AN=chc.b1193287&site=eds-live&scope=site. p. 158</ref> The monastery served as a resting place for pilgrims and quickly got its name of ''Anapausas'' (modern pronunciation ''anapafseos''), 'resting'.<ref name=":4">{{cite book | last=Hellander | first=Paul | title=Greece | publisher=Lonely Planet | publication-place=Footscray, Vic. | date=2008 | isbn=978-1-74104-656-4 | oclc=182664010}}</ref><ref name=":5"/> Being on such a narrow surface, the floors are connected through an interior staircase. St. Nicholas is honored on the second floor where the [[katholikon]] is located. On the third floor, there is the [[Altar|Holy Table]] and the walls are decorated by 14th-century frescoes. The monastery has been restored in the 16th century and again in the 1960s.<ref name=":5" />