The monastery is located a short distance east of the road leading to the mouth of the Acheloos (Louros), on the hill named Taxiarches (archangels), which was formerly surrounded by marshes. The monastic complex includes the katholikon, the tower-shaped abbot’s quarters, remains of cells and other structures, all in an area enclosed by a precinct. The location of the monastery near the coast posed several dangers, especially from pirates, which explains the fortress-like form of the abbot’s quarters. It was a subsidiary holding of the monastery of the Taxiarches of Gouria and, according to an inscription on the lintel of one of the cells, was built in 1730. This monastery was formerly connected by a cobbled road to the monastery of St. Aghios Ioannis at Tholi, the remains of which are preserved on an island in the Tholi lagoon.
The katholikon belongs to a complex architectural type, i.e. it combines elements of a three-aisled basilica with a three-sided apse, and a crossed-dome (8-sided), while in a second phase a lower narthex with a wooden roof was added. The church was renovated in 1960 by the community.
In the north-west corner of the enclosure there are remains of the three-storey rectangular tower, 9 m high, which was the abbot’s quarters. It had a defensive device above the entrance, from which scalding liquids could be poured on those below.
