Hozoviotissa Monastery
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/02/01/16/012 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Amorgos |
| Dates | before 1913 |
| Donor/Creator |
Wace, Mr Alan John Bayard |
| Scope and Content | General view. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2857). It is annotated in pencil at the back. |
| Further information | The monastery of Hozoviotissa is located at 300m above the southern coasts of Amorgos island. It is an eight-storey monastic complex which consists of a single-aisled vaulted katholikon, cells, a refectory, warehouses and various other buildings all masterfully built into the physical rock, a unique example of Byzantine folklore ecclesiastical architecture. The two inscribed icons of the Virgin link the foundation directly to the Jericho (Hoziva or Koziva) region of the Holy Land, while a silver hexapterygon was donated to the monastery by emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Allegedly, the monastery was built during the iconoclastic period above the shore where an icon of the Virgin was miraculously carried by the waves. Worth noting are the Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts and liturgical objects which are kept in the treasury of the foundation. |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/1039.2857], Amorgos, Monastery of Hozoviotissa, 1906
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