Saint Anthony Monastery in Karydi
The Monastery of Saint Anthony (Agios Antonios) is located at an altitude of 536m, north of the village Karydi near Neapolis, on a steep rocky slope. The small monastery today is uninhabited and a program of restoration of its ruined buildings has started.
The temple of the complex is dedicated to Saint Anthony and celebrates on January 17. It is barrel-vaulted and one of its walls rests on the rock of the mountain. Near the temple there is a small cave, which was used as a monk cell.
It was a small monastery with the church arranged adjacent to the cells, something very common in the Catholic monasteries of Crete.
Timeline
- 1600: The monk John Amargianitakis founds the monastery of Saint John.
- 1612: Akakios Amargianitakis, son of the founder of the monastery, grants the monastery to the monastery of Areti.
0.6 km
0.7 km
1 km
2.3 km
3.2 km
3.7 km
3.9 km
4.2 km
