The monastery was founded in the 16th or 17th century and has a long history. It is located in a lush and verdant landscape. Today the monastery is deserted, but there is a museum of ecclesiastical documents, vestments, etc. After leaving the monastery, the visitor can reach on foot the beautiful beach ...
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A historic monastery of Crete, known for its contribution to the struggle against slavery, with its peak the holocaust of November 8, 1866. The monastery has a museum that is small yet significant for the history of Crete.
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This beautiful monastery is known for its charity work. A complex of institutions is developed around the Monastery such as laboratories that craft vestments, painting and weaving. Also there is a museum of ecclesiastical and folk crafts, public elementary school and kindergarten.
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Considered one of the oldest monasteries in Crete, this humble monastery still stands as a guard for Orthodoxy. Apart from Agios Antonios, Agiofarango and Panagia in Martsalo, in the area of the monastery there are a series of chapels and hermitages. The mill and the bakery at the monastery are operated...
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