page_title: Agios Panteleimon Monastery
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Agios Panteleimon Monastery / History
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Monastero di San Panteleone (Fodele, Creta): interno della chiesa
context_page_description: Agios Panteleimon Monastery, dedicated to Saint Pantaleon, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery situated on the island of Crete, Greece.
context_section_description: The monastery was presumably founded in the 17th century by some monks fleeing from their original monastery located on the seashore near Sisses, which had been destroyed by pirates; nowadays the only remaining building is a chapel. Actually the small size and the relative remoteness of the town of Fodele were responsible for the preservation of the new monastery from the devastations occurring in other parts of Crete. The monastery was, however, subject to several damaging events and transformations over the centuries. Throughout the Ottoman occupation of the island it played an important role in supporting Cretan rebels, and during the 19th century was used as a field hospital. The few monks still living there celebrate the feast of Saint Pantaleon, the patron of bakers, every year, on July the 27th.
caption: Church interior
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