Monasteries & churches on Aegina island
Religious life on Aegina island
“Aegina island has a great religious tradition, both obvious and hidden, expressed in a special, continuous way from the ancient years until today. The way myths and saints have related to each other is admirable and the saints that Aegina has generated are many, as are the myths that could be told about this island …..“
– Argyro Kavroudaki in “Religious life in Aegina from prehistoric time to date”
Agios Nektarios | church & monastery
One of the most visited sites on Aegina is the church of miracle healer Agios Nektarios (Saint Nectarios) and the monastery of Agia Triada (The Holy Trinity) that is located on a higher level overlooking the church. Agios Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920), is one of the most widely known Greek Orthodox Saints.
Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa
One of Aegina’s best-kept secrets is this beautiful early 17th-century fortified monastery which sits off in the hills of central Aegina on a high plateau, quite by itself within the bosom of nature, inhabited by only nine nuns and quite a few animals. A 30/45-minute walk up a long road that starts across from the better-known (and far more frequented) Church and Monastery of Agios Nektarios.
Monastery of Agios Minas
This monastery lies south-west of the Aphaia Temple, on a beautiful spot surrounded by pine trees. It is a women's monastery since 1956. The monastery impresses the visitor with the nun's industriousness, its organisation but also the spirituality which is obvious during the mass with the melodic voices of the nuns who chant and every other church gathering.
Omorfi Eklisia
Omorfi Ekklisia - Όμορφη Εκκλησία – "Beautiful Church"This Byzantine church is dedicated to the Saints TheodoroiOmrfi Eklisia is an aisleless barrel-vaulted church made of large dressed square blocks of poros stones of uniform size. The podium around the building,
Faneromeni church
At a short walk from the port of Aegina town, there is a small underground church dating from the 13th century. The icon of the Virgin in the second chapel, was found in the cave behind the alter. The underground church is open for visitors at certain times.