The Monastery is located in the village of Kritsa, at the foot of Mount Kastellos and at an altitude of approximately 365 m. It was founded around 1211 and is considered an important example of local ecclesiastical architecture. It is a three-aisled vaulted temple with a western cross-section and
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The Holy Sanctuary of Resurrection of Sotiros (or Axion Esti) is located 2 km northwest of Ierapetra. The church belongs to the type of three-aisled basilica with a dome. The monastic complex includes the temple, the monks' cells and south of the Monastery the temple of the Holy Trinity. The wall
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It was the largest of the many monasteries that flourished in Pano Merabello. Recently, its renovation and reopening began. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was founded in 1600 by Markos Papadopoulos, who donated large lands to the monastery. Here, a school of iconography operated in the
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The Vidiani monastery is located on the northwestern side of the Plateau, at the foot of Mount Louloudaki. It owes its name to the founder of Vidos. Today it is dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi. It began to be built in 1854. Omer Pasha set fire to the monastery in 1867. However, the abbots rebuilt the
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Southeast of Meseleroi village is the old Monastery of Panagia Vriomeni surrounded by trees. It strongly brings to mind the space of an ancient Greek temple. The church dates back to 1577. The church has interesting frescoes. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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It was built around 1570-1580 and is named after the Holy Cross. It is the most important monument of popular architecture in Eastern Crete with a multitude of stone carvings, arched walls and columns with excellent sculpted troughs and capitals. The Holy Church of the Holy Cross represents the
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At a distance of 5 kilometers from Makri Gialo between the settlements of Goudoura and Kalo Nero, is the impressive monastery of Kapsa Monastery. Well-known monastery of Agios Ioannou Kapsas. With an amazing view of the Libyan sea and Koufonissi. It was founded in the 15th century and attracts many
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North-west of the plain of Fourni, at an altitude of 400 meters, you can see the Monastery of Keramos (or Monastery of Sotiros - Afentis Christou). Due to its location but also based on the layout of the buildings around the temple and the absence of openings in the exterior structure, the
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It was founded in 1866 on privately owned property of the Chlapoutakis family and according to tradition in the ruins of an old monastery from 1430. It has comfortable facilities and a tastefully created surrounding area. From up there you look down on the whole surrounding area. As an extension of
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The Monastery is located south of Neapolis, on the road to Vryses. It was built by Nikiforos Anifads in 1622. It also operated during the Turkish occupation when the monks were engaged in silk farming. In 1821 the Hidden School was founded by Bishop Petros Dorotheos, in which G. Lymoridis, Leonidas
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On a green low hill in the eastern part of the plateau is built the Monastery of Panagia Krustallenia, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. According to an inscription preserved in the church, the monastery was founded in the 16th century, by the abbess of the Monastery of Panagia tou Spileio
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The Monastery of Agios Georgios Xeron Xylon is one of the numerous monasteries that were founded in the late Venetian period in the area of Merabelo. The oldest mention of it is found in a document of 1635. In 1912, as an inscription on its roof states, the dome church of Agios Georgios was built,
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The monastery of Ag. Georgiou was built during the Second Byzantine period (961-1204) and was destroyed by Hairedin the barbarian in 1538. Later, at the beginning of the 16th century, three brothers came from Rhodes to avoid the Turkish yoke and settled in Vrachasi. One of them, Nikolaos, was guided
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The monastery of Panagia Akrotiriani is one of the most important and historic in Crete. It was renamed Toplou during the Turkish occupation because it had a cannon (in Turkish top) and had a fortress form, either from the name "The Rich Monastery". Today the people call it "Great Monastery". It is
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The Holy Monastery of Faneromeni Crete or Ierapetra is a historical Monastery located in the area of Ierapetra and towards the SW. of the "thick sand" cove. This Monastery is better known to the residents of Crete as the "Panagia ton Gournion" Monastery. The Catholic Church of the Monastery is
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It is located in the Platani area of Skopje, west of Sitia. Today the monastery is almost abandoned and services are rarely held in the small Byzantine church of Panagia Faneromeni, probably from the 15th century. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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