The Greek monasteries - Its Really Wonderful
The Greek monasteries - Its Really Wonderful The Greek monasteries are closely tied with the Greek nature and history. Nested on cliffs, cliffs, a windswept slopes above the sea, but also in green fields and old olive groves, these monasteries are witnesses of human distress to approach the Divine through the silence, the simplicity, harmony. Vested in religious beliefs, in miracles, built with the taste of folk craftsmen, illustrated by the worthy hands hagiographers, the Greek monasteries played an important role in various moments of Greek history, protecting and maintaining in several cases the Greek language, art and tradition of generation to generation of monks. Even today, in many monasteries transplanted arts as hagiography, protection and preservation of ancient manuscripts, wine, organic farming, traditional cheese etc. There are six massive monasteries in Greece. These locations are wonderfully dramatic and treacherous, but the Greek Orthodox Church one-