St. Stephen Monastery

E23078

Christian religious site Eastern Orthodox monastery monastic community

St. Stephen Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece, known for its dramatic setting and religious significance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Monastery of St. Stephen	2
St. Stephen Monastery canonical	2
Great Meteoron Monastery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Stephen Monastery
Context triple: [Meteora, hasMonasteryComplex, St. Stephen Monastery]

A. Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
B. St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
C. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, famed for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics commemorating the site of Tsar Alexander II’s assassination.
D. Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress is a historic citadel and birthplace of St. Petersburg, Russia, known for its baroque cathedral, former political prison, and role as a key military and cultural site.
E. Kazan Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral is a prominent Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its grand neoclassical colonnade and role as a major religious and architectural landmark of the city.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Stephen Monastery
Target entity description: St. Stephen Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece, known for its dramatic setting and religious significance.

A. Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
B. St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
C. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, famed for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics commemorating the site of Tsar Alexander II’s assassination.
D. Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress is a historic citadel and birthplace of St. Petersburg, Russia, known for its baroque cathedral, former political prison, and role as a key military and cultural site.
E. Kazan Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral is a prominent Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its grand neoclassical colonnade and role as a major religious and architectural landmark of the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious site ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ monastic community ⓘ
access	bridge connection to rock ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine-influenced architecture ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalContext	Greek Orthodox culture ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Stephen ⓘ
governedBy	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
hasCategory	Meteora ⓘ surface form: Meteora monasteries Orthodox monasteries in Greece ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Greece ⓘ
hasEnvironment	rocky sandstone pillars ⓘ
hasFeature	clifftop location ⓘ dramatic rock formation setting ⓘ
hasFunction	monastic residence ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasStatus	active monastery ⓘ
hasView	Pindus Mountains ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ surface form: Thessalian plain
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
includedIn	Meteora ⓘ surface form: Meteora monastic complex
isPartOf	Christian monastic heritage of Greece ⓘ
locatedIn	Meteora ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ central Greece ⓘ
near	Kalambaka ⓘ surface form: town of Kalabaka
notableFor	dramatic setting ⓘ panoramic views ⓘ religious significance ⓘ
partOf	Greek Orthodox monastic tradition ⓘ Meteora ⓘ surface form: Meteora monasteries
region	Kalabaka area ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousDenomination	Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
religiousOrder	Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
religiousUse	liturgical services ⓘ monastic prayer ⓘ religious retreats ⓘ
significance	important Eastern Orthodox spiritual center ⓘ major landmark of Meteora ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism destination ⓘ religious tourism destination ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine rite ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Meteora ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meteora → hasMonasteryComplex → St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ

Kalambaka → hasNearbyAttraction → St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Meteoron Monastery

Kalambaka → hasNearbyAttraction → St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ

Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → jurisdictionOver → St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Monastery of St. Stephen

Kalampaka municipality → hasReligiousSite → St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ