Seraphim Vyzantios, a Greek writer, mentions that the monastery of
St. Trinity in Lekatsa, was built at the place of a Byzantine
building of 8th or 9th century and was renovated in 1600 and then
restored again in 1870.
This monastery is built in allocation of rich vegetation,
Kortos, NW of the village Myrsine. Its belfry was built in 1813,
when a new renovation of the monastery took place, according to an
inscription on it. The nave is dedicated to the Birth of Virgin
Mary.
According to local tradition, when Ag. Kosmas passed from this
place, in 1775, he met a bandit who begged him to save his soul.
Kosmas prompted him to establish a monastery and a school. Another
version claims that Chrysanthos Lekatsas or Lekatsiotis, a member
or the renowned family who came from Ithaca and lived in Preveza,
was the donor of the monastery.
The katholikon (central church) of the monastery was established
probably at the end of the 18th century and is a single-spaced
basilica. The painted decoration of the interior has been covered
with whitewash.
The - today ruined - cells to the north of the church were built
in 1896 by the prior Gavriil. The same man erected, in 1913, a
separate campanile. The monastery is easily accessible using
dead-end-road near the village Ano Myrsini.
After visiting this holy place you probably like to put an eye
at Lekatsa forest. It takes about three hours to walk around it.
Apart from the path that is well marked the forest is rather
inhospitable and wild. This makes it even more thrilling to stroll
through, sunlight spills through the canopy of the treetops onto
the dark forest floor reminding you of mystical times of old when
centaurs, nymphs and satyrs roamed through the landscapes of
people’s imagination.
Small note on cache maintenance: There is a local
cache guardian. Name and contact info on file with
geocaching.com.