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”

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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.

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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.