CHURCH IN THE FORM OF A FREE CROSS AND IN THE CENTER IS A HEMISPHERIC TURRET.

THE CHURCH IS RECTANGULAR BUILD ON OLDER POSSIBLY IN THE FORM OF A FREE CROSS BASE ON THE RUINS WITH FRESCOES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE 17th CE .

CAVERNOUS CHURCH WITH EARLIER GAVES AS HERMITAGES FOR FRIAR.

THE CHURCH IS A CRUCIFORM WITH A TURRET IN THE SURROUNDING SPACE .

 THERE ARE 7 TRADITIONAL ROOMS , INCLUDING AN OVEN AND REFECTORY.

IT WAS A LUXURIOUS MONASTERY WITH FRIARS AND ABBOTS AND HOUSED A BIG LIBRARY FROM THE MOST IMPORTAND PART OF THE EPOCHAL.

THEY HAD DOMAINS AND SMALLER CHURCHES UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION.

THE MONASTERY HAD AN IMPORTAND ROLE AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE KNIGHTS FROM RHODES AND TO THE RESISTANCE AGAINST TURKS. 

IN THESE FIRST YEARS OF THE OTTOMAN PERIOD THERE WERE SMALL GROUPS OF REBELS NUMBERING UP TO 200 FIGHTERS WITH ISLANDERS FROM SIMI AND CHALKI .

THEY FOUGHT IN PSIXNA NERA (COLD WATER) IN ARCHANGELOS VILLAGE AGAINST 900 TURKS. 

THEY HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL FIGHT AND 75 SURVIVORS RESORTED TO THE MONASTERY WHERE THEY GAVE THEIR LAST FIGHT AFTER TWO DAYS AT A CANYON IN FRONT OF THE MONASTERY ON 13 FEBRUARY 1529 AGAINST 600 TURKS .

THE REBELS KILLED ALL EXCEPT 3 AND THEIR BONES ARE BURIED SOMEWHERE IN THE COURTYARD AREA OF THE MONASTERY.

CHURCH ON THE HOMONYM MOUNTAIN AT 512m ALTITUDE.

THIS IS THE CHURCH OF PROPHET ELIAS 13th ce.

IT WAS POSSIBLY BUILT ON AN OLDER FOUNDATION .

THE CHURCH FROM OUTSIDE HAS RECTANGULAR A FORMAT .

INSIDE IS THE FORM OF A FREE CROSS AND IN THE CENTER IS A HEMISPHERIC TURRET.

THERE ARE FRESCOES IN TWO LAYERS WITH

THE OLD BEING FROM 13 - 14th ce.

AND THE NEW FROM 15 - 16th ce.

BYZANTINE MONASTERY BUILT FROM GAVALA RULERS OF RHODES ISLAND.

FROM 1204 REFERENCES WE LEARN THAT THE FRIARY HAS A LEAD ROLE ON THE ISLAND WITH A LOT OF DOMAIN AND FRIARS , A LUXURIOUS LIBRARY AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT CENTER FOR ANCIENT GREEK STUDIES IN BYZANTINE EPOCHAL AND KNIGHTLY ALSO.

IN THIS LUXURIOUS LIBRARY A LOT OF FRIARS ENGAGED IN HANDWRITING COPIES OF ANCIENT TRANSCRIPTS .

THE FRIARY AND THE LIBRARY WERE LOOTED IN 1234 AND DESTROYED COMPLETELY DURING THE TURKISH CONFLICT . 

TODAY THERE IS NO TRACE FROM THIS.

THE CURRENT MONASTERY BEGAN TO BE RECONSTRUCTED DURING THE TURKISH CONFLICT IN 1856 ON THE RUINS OF THE OLD ONE .

THE CHURCH IS RECTAGULAR BUILT ON AN OLDER FOUNDATION.

THE ONLY THING WE KNOW IS THE INSCRIPTION AND IT TELLS US :

THAT RENOVATION TOOK PLACE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PIOUS CHRISTIANS AND GERASIMOU ABBOT OF TSAMPIKA 

BY MY HAND THOMAS  

1727 9 FEBRUARY .

CHURCH IN RECTANGULAR FORMAT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THIS CHURCH.

CHURCH IN THE FORM OF A FREE CROSS WITH TURRET.

BUILT ON AN OLDER FOUNDATION TO TESTIFY TO US THE FRESCOES IN CATHOLIC PART OF THE CHURCH AND DISTINGUISHED 

IN 7 - 8 PAINTING PHASES WERE EXTENDED FROM 8th CE. 

UNTIL 18th ce.

THE MONASTERY WAS BUILT FROM GAVALADES BYZANTINE RULERS OF RHODES ISLAND AND IT HAS NEW ADDITIONS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE.