Holy Monastery of Vidiani

Vidiani Monastery was built on the land where an old family from Khandaka, the Vidon family, lived as tenants.

It was founded in the period following 1856 by the monk Methodios Perakis and was set on fire in 1867 by the Turks during the Battle of Lasithi. It was renovated and reopened in 1874. During its short life it experienced both periods of prosperity and decline.

The visitor to the monastery can both immerse oneself in its mesmerising and tranquil atmosphere, and visit the Museum of Natural History. The visitor can marvel at the famous icon of the Virgin of Vidiani, (mid-Byzantine period) and the icons of the iconostasis crafted at the School of Fine Arts of Athens Polytechnic in 1880.

Information Municipality Oropedio Lasithioy