Agia Triada Monastery

Agia Triada Monastery

Μονή Αγίας Τριάδος
The monastery in 2015
Location of the monastery in Crete
Interactive map of Agia Triada Monastery
Monastery information
Order	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Denomination	Greek Orthodox Church
Dedicated to	Holy Trinity
Archdiocese	Church of Crete
Architecture
Status	Monastery
Functional status	Active
Style	Byzantine
Completion date	17th century
Site
Location	Akrotiri, Chania, Crete
Country	Greece
Coordinates	35°33′38″N 24°8′6″E / 35.56056°N 24.13500°E / 35.56056; 24.13500
Website	www.agiatriada-chania.gr

The Agia Triada Monastery (Greek: Μονή Αγίας Τριάδος, romanized: Moni Agias Triadas), also known as the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon, is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Akrotiri peninsula in the Chania region of Crete, Greece. The complex also contains a museum. The monastery, whose name means "Holy Trinity", was built in the 17th century by two brothers of the Venetian Zangaroli family on the site of a pre-existing church.^[1] The monks produce and sell wine and olive oil on the premises.^[2][3]

Architecture

The church is built in the Byzantine cruciform style with three domes. The main church is flanked by two smaller domed chapels, one of which is dedicated to the Life-Giving Spring (Zoodochos Pigi) and the other to Saint John the Theologian.^[4] The main church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the church has a narthex at the front set at right angles to the main aisle. There are two large Doric-style columns and one smaller, Corinthian-style column on either side of the main entrance. The facade of the church has double columns of Ionian and Corinthian style and bears an inscription in Greek, which is dated to 1631.^[4] The monastery's cellar door is dated from 1613. In the 19th century the monastery was established as an important theological school from 1833,^[1] and the belfry is dated to 1864.^[4] The monastery was later extensively damaged during conflicts with the Turks and in 1892, a seminary was established.^[4]

Museum

The monastery also has a library which contains some rare books,^[4] and a museum which contains a collection of icons and a collection of codices. Important exhibits include a portable icon of St John the Theologian dated to around 1500, The Last Judgment, work of Emmanuel Skordiles from 17th century, St John the Precursor (1846), The Tree of Jesse (1853), The Hospitality of Abraham and The Descent into Hades (1855), The Story of Beauteaus Joseph (1858) and a manuscript on a parchment roll with the mass of St Basil.^[5]

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See also

• Architecture portal
• Christianity portal
• Greece portal

• Church of Crete
• List of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece
• List of museums in Greece

References

1. "Agia Triada Monastery in Akrotiri". CreteTourNet. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
2. "Wine producers". Agia Triada Monastery. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
3. "Olive Oil producers". Agia Triada Monastery. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
4. "Monastery of Aghia Triada ton Tzangarolon". Ecrete. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
5. "Description". Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2010.

External links

Media related to Moni Agias Triadas ton Tsangarolon at Wikimedia Commons

• "Official website". Moni Agias Triadas. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013.