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The treasures of the monastery are numerous but practically invisible, since three monks keep the three different keys of the sacristy. Thus, the significant thefts from pilgrims were limited to the library, the famous Eftalios code of the 6th century was left with 8 sheets after the rest ended up to 33 different European libraries!

Founder of the Lavra of the Melenes, which was probably founded in the place of the Pelasgian (Pre-Hellenic) city of Akrothooi, is the wise friend of the emperor Nikiforos Phocas, the monk Athanasios.

The melancholic, sweet forms of the saints in the Catholic of the monastery of the Annunciation are the work of Cretan painter Theophanes.

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