Agia Sophia

Monastries held a special position in Byzantine society. Findin favor with the emperor and the aristocraty. The founding of restoration of monastries by members of the emperor´s family or the aristocraty was commonplace. In Mystras, the capital city of the Despotat of Moreas, Manuel Kantakouzenos, first Despot and son of the Byzantine emperor, built the main church of the Monastery of Christ the Giver of Life, with which Saint Sophia´s identified.

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