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We were driven up to this monastery by a very kind man named Minolis from the Adastra apartments. He said we simply couldn't leave the island until we had seen it. He was not wrong! Beautiful, peaceful place with views to die for and so untouched by tourists, the only others there were some goats :) Looking down over Vathy where we had just been staying. Also to get here you have to cross the narrowest part of the island where you can see the coast from either side of the road. Ithaca my favourite Greek island! Unspoilt Greek paradise.
We were driven up to this monastery by a very kind man named Minolis from the Adastra apartments. He said we simply couldn't leave the island until we had seen it. He was not wrong! Beautiful, peaceful place with views to die for and so untouched by tourists, the only others there were some goats :) Looking down over Vathy where we had just been staying. Also to get here you have to cross the narrowest part of the island where you can see the coast from either side of the road. Ithaca my favourite Greek island! Unspoilt Greek paradise.
Enjoying all night long in the narrow streets of Vathy.
Pita and souvlaki in StavrĂČs at sunset.
A greek gospel in the Kathara Monastery. Kathara monastery is situated 566 m. above sea level, 6 klm. away from the village of Anogi. There are two views concerning the construction of a church and a monastery, both dedicated to Virgin Mary (Panaghia). The first claims that peasants went to the area to burn ''kathara'', i.e. wild grass and thorns, found Virgin Mary's icon and decided to build a church there. The second view related the foundation of the monastery with the Catholic sect of Kathara. Whichever of the two views is true, it is a fact that Virgin Mary's church was built in 1696 and the monastery which was built a few years later was active until the 1980's. Nowadays no monks live in the monastery which is open only in summer offering hospitality to the visitors. Virgin Mary's icon is believed to have been painted by Loukas, the Evangelist. The church's wooden carved icon screen is also of superb beauty. Until recently another valuable icon, probably painted by El Greco, was kept in the monastery. The icon is depicting Jesus on the way to Calvary. This icon is today kept in Aghios Georgios' church, in Vounaki. Panaghia Kathariotissa who is the island's patron saint celebrates on 8th and 14th September and on Easter Sunday.
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