The Virgin
Anafonitria Monastery is located in the North part of Zakynthos, near the
famous Shipwreck Beach. One of the characteristics of the monastery is its
medieval tower, built in the 15th Century. The tower, in part destroyed, has at
the top four arches and a cross and it is used as the monastery’s bell tower,
whereby in the past it had been built as a defensive wall. Inside the church
there is an icon of the Virgin dated back to the 15th Century and it is of high
value, coming from Constantinople.
Here St. Dionysios
took refuge and lived as a monk. This monastery is important because it was
here that St Dionysios forgave his brother’s murderer and gave him refuge. He
then helped him escape. This was an act which is very hard to grasp. It is
apparent that only a holy man could have the spiritual and psychological power
and will to forgive his own brother’s murderer.
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