Reply to comment

Monastery of St. George ARMA

 

The Holy Monastery of St. George, and ARMA is chosen, is built on a pine area 8 km east of the community leaves, possible homeland of Miaoulis, 20 km from Chalkis. From the buildings of, saved only the Catholic and the other succumbed to the ravages of time and disasters. There is documented in the year establishing the monastery, although supported in 1141. Inscription on the outside wall of the east wall has a year of establishment ZRME = 7145 since the creation of the world, ie in 1637. Probably the name of the monastery (ARMA), to paraphrase a sound that date (ZRME). Equally likely, however, this year (1637) painted to the cast that is later added to the nave, rectangular, with a dome resting on four columns, which are taken from an ancient pagan temple, and other materials. The temple belongs to the cruciform domed and even tetrakis compound. During the Turkish occupation, the monastery of St. George was the spiritual center of the region. From the womb came the Turkish occupied ethnegertis of Evia, Bishop Euripus and president of the Holy Synod Neophytos Adam. Behind the apse of the sanctuary were interred in Holy Grail, wrapped with a stole, relics of unknown saints.   Days Feasts: St. George (23/4) and the Translation relics (3/11).   Abbot: Archimandrite. Victorious Efstathiou (Monks 13).    Phone: 22210.50777   Address: 341 00 Sheets Chalcis.   Source: Metropolis of Chalkis

Average: Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome

No votes yet

• Add new comment
• 212 reads
• 

         __  __     _      ___           _     
   __ _  \ \/ /    / \    |_ _| __   __ | |__  
  / _` |  \  /    / _ \    | |  \ \ / / | '_ \ 
 | (_| |  /  \   / ___ \   | |   \ V /  | | | |
  \__, | /_/\_\ /_/   \_\ |___|   \_/   |_| |_|
     |_|