The main church follows the Athonite type, with three apses and 4 corner chapels. Its upper part has been destroyed, but is currently renovated by the 7^th Ephoria of Byzantine Antiquities. Its façade bears a loft extending to a part of the north and south sides. According to an inscription kept at the monastery, the main part of the church dates from 1543. Its wall paintings from 1758 were destroyed during a fire in 1868 and only traces are salvaged in the four chapels. The paintings belong to the workshop of the painter Theodoros. The 1492 inscription salvaged at the gate testifies to the Byzantine past of the monastery, whose main church was found during under the modern church during excavations.

Special characteristics

One of the most representative samples of Byzantine architecture, as this was preserved in the 16^th century and an important sculptures’ museum (5^th, 6^th, 11^th centuries).