Located in the hills above Mandraki, the Monastery of Agia Triada (Holy Trinity), an example of the simple and austere monastic style of architecture.
Read More›Hydra has 6 monasteries/nunneries and approximately 300 churches and chapels. The monasteries/nunneries include Agia Eupraxia, Prophitis Ilias, Agia Triada, Agia Matrona, Agios Nikolaos, and the Monastery of Virgin Mary of Zouvra. Hydra’s cathedral, the Church of the Dormition, with its Byzantine and Ecclesiastic Museum, is located in Hydra Harbor. Nearby you will also find the churches of the Hypapante, St. John the Abstinent, and Agios Konstantinos.
Also called the Church of Dormition, the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, or “the Monastery,” Hydra’s main cathedral is located in the center of the harbor in the complex underneath the clock tower.
Read More›The Cathedral of Saint Constantine the Hydriot is unmistakably modern, with an Italianate belltower. Constantine the Hydriot, Hydra’s patron saint, is a so-called neo-martyr from the period of the Turkish occupation of Greece.
Read More›The Convent of St. Evpraxia is just a 5-minutes walk down from the Monastery of Profita Ilias.
Read More›Nestled at an altitude of 500 meters into a slope of Mount Eros, Hydra’s highest peak, and a good two hours’ hike above Hydra Town, depending on your pace, Prophet Ilias Monastery provides spectacular views of the island, sea, and Peloponnese.
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