Thursday 26 February 2009

Holy Monastery Gonia, Crete


Postmarked Xania, dated 1 July 1982.
Holy Monastery Gonia, Kolymbari, Crete.

The message reads:
This monastery was built between 1618 and 1634 by the monk Blaise from Cyprus.  It played a leading part in the revolutions against the Turks and was a centre of the national resistance during the German occupation.  There are only 8 monks here today.

That was over 25 years ago.  I wonder if there are any monks left now.
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

3 comments:

  1. This kind of subject never ages.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I must admit I never tire of hearing about places like this.

    ReplyDelete
  3. great location to put it in. those monks new a good view when they saw one.

    ReplyDelete

Welcome to my postcard collection! I love hearing what you think of the cards - but spam WILL be deleted.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...