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Monastery Monastery · Chania · 135 m

Moni Katholiko

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Das Katholiko Kloster wurde in der Mitte des 11. Jahrhunderts gegründet und gilt als das älteste Kloster Kretas.

Das Kloster liegt vollkommen eingebettet in den Fels nahe der Küste auf der Akrotiri-Halbinsel Kretas. Aufgrund der Küstennähe mussten die Mönche es dann auch im 16. Jahrhundert verlassen, da sie häufig von Piraten heimgesucht wurden. Daraufhin errichteten sie das Gouverneto Kloster weiter im Landesinneren. Beeindruckend am Klosterbau sind vor allem der Campanile, der freistehende Glockenturm, und der Wehrbau über die Schlucht, der zur Verteidigung gegen die Piraten errichtet wurde. Das Kloster war einst ein asketisches Zentrum, das vom Heiligen Johannes und seinen Gefährten bewohnt wurde. Die Mönche lebten in den Höhlen in der Umgebung, die auch heute noch im Fels zu entdecken sind. Nach Johannes' Tod wurde die große Höhle seinem Andenken gewidmet und jedes Jahr an seinem Namenstag, dem 7. Oktober, kommen zahlreiche Pilger in die Gegend des Klosters, um ihm ihren Respekt zu erweisen.

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35.590002, 24.145948
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35°35'24.0"N 24°08'45.4"E
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35S 241411 3942225
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