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Must See
The bells of the monastery,
used to warn the religious
faithful to hide from attack
The Chapel of the The Chapel of
Holy Cross is one of Christodoulos, with
the monastery’s
ten chapels. the tomb of Blessed The Chrysobull is the
Christodoulos.
monastery’s foundation
deed, sealed in gold
by Byzantine Emperor
Alexios I Comnenos.
The treasury is where most
of the monastery’s icons
and precious documents
are kept.
Frescoes of St John
adorn the outer narthex
of the katholikón
(main church).
The Chapel of the Holy
Apostles lies just
outside the gate of
the monastery.
The 17th-century
entrance gateway
leads up to the cobbled
main courtyard.
A cross-section of the
Monastery of St John,
revealing the interior
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