Museum Of Icons And Heirlooms Of The Holy Archdiocese Of Crete – Collection Of St.Catherine Of Sinai

  Overview:

The Agia Aikaterine of Sinai Monastery, which originally was a dependency of the Monastery of the same name on Mount Sinai and today belongs to the metropolitan church of Agios Minas, was an important cultural and artistic center of Crete under Venetian occupation, until the capture of “Chandax” (Heraklion) by the Ottoman Turks in the 17th century (1669). During the Venetian occupation, the Monastery housed a school, in which it is said that many important men of letters taught in the 16th century; among them were Ioannis Morezenos, Ioasaph Doreianos, Ieremias Palladas. Students of the same school were the later patriarchs Meletios Pegas, Kyrillos Loukaris, and Meletios Vlastos.

  Address:

St Cathrine Square, GR-71201

 Location:

Heraklion city

  Telephone:

(+30) 2810336316

  Fax:

(+30) 2810326759

  E-mail:

[email protected]

 Url:

www.culture.gr

  Operating Period:

JAN-DEC

  Operating Days & Hours:

JAN-APR & NOV-DEC:
MON-SUN: 09:30-15:30

MAY-OCT:
MON-SAT: 09:30-19:30
SUN: 10:00-19:30

  Admission Fee:

• General admission: 2 €
• Students 13-18 years old, children up to 12 and disabled people FREE

  Notes:

• Wheelchair friendly

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