Abstract
The monasteries of Crete The history of Cretan monasteries follows the course and fortunes of the island’s political and ecclesiastical history and can be divided into six periods: the first Byzantine period, the Arab occupation, the second Byzantine period, the Venetian occupation, the Turkish occupation, the period of autonomy and union with Greece. Today there are forty-two monastic communities in the island, thirty of them comprised of monks and twelve of nuns. These monasteries and the aged hermits that inhabit them carry centuries of tradition forward into our own day. Many of them are threatened by dereliction and decay. Nevertheless some of the communities are still vigorous and flourishing, especially the nunneries, and keep alive the hope for the new future.
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