ari Mamongi echiGreek eMeteora Ivo vane mukurumbira kwazvo, hunyanzvi hwekutsungirira, mainjiniya uye chitendero zvese zvakaiswa pamwechete. Uye pakati pavo chimwe chinonyanya kufadza ndeye Varlaam Monastery. Sekureva kwenhoroondo mugore ra1350 monk wetsika dzakanyanyisa kunzi Varlaam akaenda kunogara pamusoro pebwe iri. Ikoko akazvivakira makereke matatu nesero kwaari, iri nyore. Akasiya ega uye zviri pachena kuti hapana munhu ane hanya nekumutevera pachiitiko chake nekuti paakafa nzvimbo yakasiiwa.
Izvo zvivakwa zvakavakwa zvakatanga kudzikira uye nekudaro zvakapona kwemamwe mazana maviri emakore kusvika pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 22 mamongi maviri akapfuma kubva kuIoannina akakwira dombo rimwechete uye akafunga kutsvaga monastery. Ngano inoti ivo vaifanira kukunda chikara chaigara mubako asi chokwadi ndechekuti sezvo vaive nemari yakawanda kupfuura Varlaam murombo, kuvaka kwaisave kwakanyanya kuoma. Vakatora matongo uye vakavakazve uye vakaakurisa. Chikamu chekutanga chebasa chakatora makore makumi maviri nemaviri, zvichiunza zvese zvekuvakisa kumusoro kwedombo, asi zvinoita sekunge pasi pemwedzi mumwe mabasa anga akagadzirira.
Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi, iyo Varlaam Monastery yaigara ichigarwa nemapoka emamwe mamonki asingasvike makumi matatu nemashanu, asi kubva muzana ramakore regumi nemanomwe rakatanga kudzikira. Nhasi mamongi manomwe chete anorarama. Kuti usvike ipapo iwe unofanirwa kuyambuka bhiriji rakamanikana rinobuda kubva munzira huru asi rakakodzera nekuti inzvimbo ino inoshamisa uye inoshanda mukati meiyamu inonakidza kwazvo. Inovhura mazuva ese pakati pa35am na7pm uye pakati pa9: 1 na3pm.