The Monastery of Zavorda or Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Saint Nikanoras (Transfiguration of the Saviour) of Zavorda (full name) is located about 22 kilometres north of Deskati, very close to the banks of Aliakmonas river.
The 12th century Monastery of the Dormition of Theotokos of Torniki is located very close to the Aliakmonas River. It is believed to have been connected with the well-known Byzantine Torniki family of that century.
The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, near Dasochori, Deskati, was built before 1797, and had flourished until the beginning of the 20th century, with a large monastic community who also contributed in many ways to the local community. It also housed the “kryfo scholio”- a secret school for teaching the Greek language and Christian doctrine, when the Greeks lived under the Ottoman rule.
The Monastery of the High Commanders & Archangels Michael and Gabriel, on the fringes of Taxiarchis village, northeast of Grevena town, was built in the first half of the 19th century and is shaped like a fort. The katholikon walls and the matroneum section are painted with beautiful murals; today, the monastery is inactive.
