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The Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Chrysopigi lies a short distance from the Town of Chania on the route to Suda harbour.It was founded in the middle of the 16th Century
in the last period of Venetian rule in Crete.The Monastery is dedicated to the Lady of the Life-Giving Spring.The founder of the Monastery was a physician and philosopher by the name of Ioannis Chartophylax.During the period of Venetian rule developed into an important spiritual centre for Chania with numerous monks and a rich library.In 1654 during ,the period of Ottoman rule.In 1821 on the outbreak of the Gteek Revolution it was destroyed and abandoned.In the years following 1848 however,the Monastery was renovated and rejuvenated with the advent of new monks.In 1976 the Monastery of Chrysopigi was transformed into a coenobitic Community of sisters.
KRETA 2013 -144
The Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Chrysopigi lies a short distance from the Town of Chania on the route to Suda harbour.It was founded in the middle of the 16th Century
in the last period of Venetian rule in Crete.The Monastery is dedicated to the Lady of the Life-Giving Spring.The founder of the Monastery was a physician and philosopher by the name of Ioannis Chartophylax.During the period of Venetian rule developed into an important spiritual centre for Chania with numerous monks and a rich library.In 1654 during ,the period of Ottoman rule.In 1821 on the outbreak of the Gteek Revolution it was destroyed and abandoned.In the years following 1848 however,the Monastery was renovated and rejuvenated with the advent of new monks.In 1976 the Monastery of Chrysopigi was transformed into a coenobitic Community of sisters.