It is located between Firostefani and Imerovigli and is one of the oldest female Holy Monasteries of the Cyclades. The catholicon of the monastery is threefold. One chapel was dedicated to Zoodocho Pigi, the central one to Agios Nikolaos and the third to Agios Panteleimon. In the church of Ag.
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It is a Catholic Women's Monastery and is located above Fira, in Firostefani. The monastery of Saint Catherine was founded in 1596 by a pious (Catholic) Santorinian, with the help of the then bishop Antonio de Marchis. On the morning of July 11, 1956, a powerful earthquake occurred, with disastrous
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The monastery of Prophet Ilias is located above the village of Pyrgos, on the mountain of the same name and dates from the beginning of the 18th century. It was founded in 1711 by two Thira monks, Gabriel and Joakim Belonia, who were from Pyrgos, who offered all their property for the establishment
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