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| − | The '''Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount''' is an attractive 18th-century [[monastery]] at Kalavria, 4km east of the main city on Poros island, in Greece. It was founded in 1720 AD by His Grace [[Archbishop]] [[Iakovos II of Athens]] (1713-1734) around the island's only spring. | + | The '''Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount''' (Known locally as "Zoodochos Pigis") is an attractive 18th-century [[monastery]] at Kalavria, 4km east of the main city on Poros island, in Greece. It was founded in 1720 AD by His Grace [[Archbishop]] [[Iakovos II of Athens]] (1713-1734) around the island's only spring. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | This history of the monastery dates back to the beginning of the 18th-century when a bishop of Athens, Iakovos II, was cured by drinking water from a spring at that location. The Archbishop was suffering from an illness called lithiasis <ref> A condition causing concretions of mineral salts, or calculi, in the pancreas, tear ducts, appendix, or kidneys </ref>. From his gratitude he founded the monastery in that location. <ref> [http://www.poros.nu/sightsee/monastery/monastery.htm The Monastery on Poros Island by Roger Berlin] </ref> | |
In 1733, [[Paisius II of Constantinople]] (1744-1748) recognised the monastery under the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Constantinople]]. The act gives it a lot of privileges. In 1798, [[Gregory V of Constantinople]] (1797-1798), ratified Paisios's second document relating to the priveleges of the monastery, with a [[sigillion]] (officially sealed document), kept in the quest quarters (Archondariki) of the monastery.<ref> [http://www.poros.com.gr/monastery/?lang=en Poros Island] </ref> | In 1733, [[Paisius II of Constantinople]] (1744-1748) recognised the monastery under the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Constantinople]]. The act gives it a lot of privileges. In 1798, [[Gregory V of Constantinople]] (1797-1798), ratified Paisios's second document relating to the priveleges of the monastery, with a [[sigillion]] (officially sealed document), kept in the quest quarters (Archondariki) of the monastery.<ref> [http://www.poros.com.gr/monastery/?lang=en Poros Island] </ref> | ||
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| + | There is a little chapel near this monastery dedicated to the Ss. Anargyri. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 05:10, May 23, 2008
The Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount (Known locally as "Zoodochos Pigis") is an attractive 18th-century monastery at Kalavria, 4km east of the main city on Poros island, in Greece. It was founded in 1720 AD by His Grace Archbishop Iakovos II of Athens (1713-1734) around the island's only spring.
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History
This history of the monastery dates back to the beginning of the 18th-century when a bishop of Athens, Iakovos II, was cured by drinking water from a spring at that location. The Archbishop was suffering from an illness called lithiasis [1]. From his gratitude he founded the monastery in that location. [2]
In 1733, Paisius II of Constantinople (1744-1748) recognised the monastery under the jurisdiction of Constantinople. The act gives it a lot of privileges. In 1798, Gregory V of Constantinople (1797-1798), ratified Paisios's second document relating to the priveleges of the monastery, with a sigillion (officially sealed document), kept in the quest quarters (Archondariki) of the monastery.[3]
There is a little chapel near this monastery dedicated to the Ss. Anargyri.
Architecture
See also
References
- ↑ A condition causing concretions of mineral salts, or calculi, in the pancreas, tear ducts, appendix, or kidneys
- ↑ The Monastery on Poros Island by Roger Berlin
- ↑ Poros Island
