Preveli Monastery (Crete) Reviews
Newest Review: ... safely to Egypt. After the second mission became known to the German Army and they tried to arrest the abbot Agathagelos Lagouvardos but luckily he was informed of this and he managed to escape too. When the German Army arrived at the Monastery on August 25, 1941 the soldiers caused a lot of damage to the monastery and the monks were arrested and but later released. The soldiers also removed from the Monastery buildings various goods and furnishings and from the church they took that most precious relic, the miraculous Cross of Ephraim Prevelis; fortunately it was later returned under almost miraculous circumstances. Despite this th... more
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by - written on 09/03/11, updated on 22/12/11 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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Preveli Monastery, Crete This was one of the trips we took with our daughter and her family when we took them to Crete in the summer of 2009. It was about an hour's drive across the island from where we were staying near Rethymnon and we did enjoy some splendid scenery on the drive across including a lovely old fashioned windmill which we stopped to photograph on our way home. The famous monastery sits on the rocky hills of Preveli canyon, on the southern side of Rethymnon prefecture in Crete. It actually consists of two monasteries, the Lower or Kato Preveli and the Upper or Pisso Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos which is about 3 km far from ... Read the complete review
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