Meteora literally means “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above”. The Holy Monastery of Rousanou is just one of the six monasteries built on natural sandstone rock pillars in the region on the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly in central Greece. The monasteryis dedicated to the Transfiguration but honors St. Barbara. It was founded in the middle of the 16th century, circa 1545, and damaged by Germans during WWII. It is lower than the other monasteries in the region in elevation and this makes it more accessible. Nuns have occupied the monastery since 1988.