Dupiani or Doupiani ( el, Δούπιανη; sometimes spelled Ντούπιανη) is a rock in the Meteora

rock formation A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock formation'' can also refer to specific sediment ...

complex of

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

, Greece. It is located within the village of Kastraki and is located directly adjacent to several hotels and restaurants that cater to international tourists.

Monasteries

Dupiani is the rock with the first monastery founded in Meteora, the , also called the Panagia Parthenos Kyriakou Monastery (). It was founded in 1347 by Hieromonk Nil, according to a 16th-century chronicle. The ascetics of the

skete A skete ( ) is a monastic community in Eastern Christianity that allows relative isolation for monks, but also allows for communal services and the safety of shared resources and protection. It is one of four types of early monastic orders, al ...

inhabited the surrounding caves, descending into the valley every Sunday for the

Divine Liturgy Divine Liturgy ( grc-gre, Θεία Λειτουργία, Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine Rite, developed from the Antiochene Rite of Christian liturgy which is that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of C ...

in the

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(main church). This church has survived to the present day in relatively good condition, as have some of the

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es inside it. Renovations took place in 1867 and 1974. However, the original monastery itself has not survived. Nearby, the Monastery of St. Dimitrios of Dupiani () at Dupiani is not to be confused with the

Monastery of St. Dimitrios The Monastery of St. Dimitrios ( el, Μονή Αγίου Δημητρίου, translit=Moni Agiou Dimitriou) is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. In 1809, the Albanian O ...

adjacent to

Ypapantis Monastery The Ypapantis Monastery ( el, Μονή Υπαπαντής, lit=Monastery of the Purification), also known as the Monastery of the Ascension of the Savior ( el, Αναλήψεως του Σωτήρος, translit=Analipseos tou Sotiros), is a forme ...

, located further to the north. The ruins of the Monastery of the Pantocrator () are also located in the Dupiani area. Located on the northern side of Dupiani, ruins of the monastery tower and walls can still be seen today. The monastery's leaders included Neophytos and Serapion, who was the abbot of the monastery in 1426.

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{{Meteora Rocks of Meteora Cliff dwellings Former Christian monasteries in Greece