Pantokrator |
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Pantokrator monastery is located on the eastern
side of the peninsula and is dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord. It was founded by Alexios the Stratopedarch and John the
Primikerios. Its operation most likely started in 1363.
Treasures held within the library
Its library contains 350 codices, two liturgical scrolls and 3,500 printed books. During the recent years a few codices have been stolen from the library. Among the monastery' treasures, the most significant is a fragment of the True Cross.
Since 2001 Gavril is the Abbot of the monastery, the monastery itself is inhabited by approximately 20 monks and also 42 monks from St. Ilya skete are registered in the monastery.
Miracle-working icons within the monastery
According to the myth, during the service Theotokos ordered a celibate priest to administer one of the lay brothers who was dying.
Lots of miracles are associated with the icon. During Pantokator’s plunder by the Turks the icon was thrown into the well, ornaments were taken off. In the road the Turks were stricken by blindness and understood that it was the punishment for the sacrilege. Some years later the monks found the intact icon in the well. Many times the icon expressed her guardianship of the elderly people, that’s why she is called Gerondissa. |
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