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MONI AGIAS MATRONIS CHALANDRON (Monastery) CHIOS
The Monastery was built by the noble Roidis in 1470 near the village
of Mesa Didima. He originally intended to build a summer villa, however, the St.
Matrona appeared in a dream and instructed him to build the Monastery instead.
His sisters were the first two nuns to enter the Monastery. The spiritual leader
of the Monastery during the Turkish Occupation was the Holy Nikiforos of Chios.
The Holy Nikiforos of Chios wrote the 24 Hymns of Agia Matrona. Today, four nuns
dwell in the Monastery. The Monastery celebrates the Saint’s Feast Day on October
20th of each year.
The Monastery was built by the noble Roidis in 1470 near the village of Mesa Didima. He originally intended to build a summer villa, however, the St. Matrona appeared in a dream and instructed him to build the Monastery instead. His sisters were the first two nuns to enter the Monastery. The spiritual leader of the Monastery during the Turkish Occupation was the Holy Nikiforos of Chios. The Holy Nikiforos of Chios wrote the 24 Hymns of Aghia Matrona. Today, four nuns dwell in the Monastery. The Monastery celebrates the Saint’s Feast Day on October 20th of each year.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Promoting Tourism Prefectural Committee of Chios URL below.
MONI PANAGIAS KIMISSEOS PLAKIDIOTISSAS (Monastery) CHIOS
Established in 1625, this monastery is located in Kallimasia.
Its name derived from the stone plates (places) found in the area. It is honored
on the same feast day as the Dormition of the Virgin (Tis Panaghias), August 15th.
During the horrible massacres of 1822 most of its 600 nuns were slaughtered or
deserted the monastery. One of the few who returned, Katafigi Mastroyanakis, found
the icon of the Virgin in a miraculous way. Today the monastery has three nuns.
Established in 1625, this monastery is located in Kallimasia. Its name derived from the stone plates (places) found in the area. It is honored on the same feast day as the Dormition of the Virgin (Tis Panaghias), August 15th. During the horrible massacres of 1822 most of its 600 nuns were slaughtered or deserted the monastery. One of the few who returned, Katafigi Mastroyanakis, found the icon of the Virgin in a miraculous way. Today the monastery has three nuns.
MONI TAXIARCHON (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 61469
This was established in 1305 in honor of the Dormition of the Virgin
but was renamed Monastery of Taxiarhon in 1306 after the discovery of the icon
of Archangel Michael (one of the Taxiarchi) in the following miraculous way: When
the monk Parthenios of Morea on the Greek mainland, painted the icon, he dedicated
it to this monastery and tossed it into the sea. The waves brought it to the shore
of Thymiana in Chios. The villagers who found it decided to build a church in
which to place it, but the Archangel appeared in their dreams and instructed them
to bring the icon to this monastery instead. The present monastic structures were
built after the original ones were destroyed in the terrible earthquakes of 1881.
Today there are eight nuns; the monastery celebrates its feast day on November
8.
This was established in 1305 in honor of the Dormition of the Virgin but was renamed Monastery of Taxiarhon in 1306 after the discovery of the icon of Archangel Michael (one of the Taxiarchi) in the following miraculous way: When the monk Parthenios of Morea on the Greek mainland, painted the icon, he dedicated it to this monastery and tossed it into the sea. The waves brought it to the shore of Thymiana in Chios. The villagers who found it decided to build a church in which to place it, but the Archangel appeared in their dreams and instructed them to bring the icon to this monastery instead. The present monastic structures were built after the original ones were destroyed in the terrible earthquakes of 1881. Today there are eight nuns; the monastery celebrates its feast day on November 8.
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