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Phaneromeni Monastery, Salamis

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Phaneromeni Monastery
Μονή Φανερωμένης
Monastery information
Established1682
Dedicated toDormition of the Theotokos
Celebration dateAugust 23
DioceseMetropolis of Megara and Salamis
Site
LocationSalamis
CountryGreece
Coordinates37°59′1″N 23°26′9″E / 37.98361°N 23.43583°E / 37.98361; 23.43583

The Holy Monastery of Phaneromeni (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Φανερωμένης) is a historic monastery located on the north-western coast of the island of Salamis in which there was a very old and semi-ruined Christian church in which an icon of the Theotokos was found by Lambros Kannelos, who built and monasticized in the monastery to be canonized by the Orthodox church named Osios Lavrentios. It belongs ecclesiastically to the Holy Metropolis of Megara and Salamis and dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos and celebrates on August 23.

History

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The founder of the Monastery is Lambros Kannelos, a devout Christian and resident of Megara. According to church tradition, he saw in his sleep three times the Panagia who ordered him to go to Salamis, he dug in the ruins and found the icon of the Panagia Paneromeni. In 1682 he restored the church and founded a monastery on the spot. He himself became a monk together with his wife, was renamed Lavrentios and retired to the hermitage of the prophet Elias, southeast of the monastery, a small church that was preserved intact until 1944 when it was destroyed by the Germans.[1] Lavrentios died on March 6, 1707, and was buried in the monastery.[2] The Church of Greece declared him Blessed, celebrating his memory on March 7. A large number of miracles are attributed to Osios Lavrentios by the faithful.

The Catholicon of the Phaneromeni Monastery was then decorated with hagiographies of post-Byzantine art that survive and date from the year 1735 by the hagiographer from Argos, Georgios Markou and his students. The iconography of the Holy Monastery of Phaneromeni includes approximately 3,530 figures and representations. A significant number of old documents and historical relics are preserved in the monastery.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Διαδικτυακός Οίκος Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος / 7η Μαρτίου, Όσιος Λαυρέντιος
  2. ^ Μιχαήλ Γκητάκου, Η Μονή Φανερωμένης Σαλαμίνας, Εκδ. Ιερά Μητρόπολις Μεγάρων και Σαλαμίνος, Αθήνα 1981. σελ:54
  3. ^ Μπουγας, Ιωαννης Π (2020-10-10). "ENOTHTA: Μονή Φανερωμένης Σαλαμίνος 1929.Εκκλησιαστικές φωτογραφίες του 20ου αιώνος. Ανάρτηση 172η". ENOTHTA. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  4. ^ Μπίρης, Μάνος (1989). "Το καθολικό της μονής Φανερωμένης στη Σαλαμίνα". Εκκλησίες μετά την Άλωση, τ. Γ'. p. 179.

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