Saint Ignatios Monastery

The Saint Ignatios Monastery is found outside the city of Kalloni on the island of Lesbos, Greece, and is also known as the Limonas Monastery or the Limonos Monastery (alternative spelling), due to the field on which it is built. The monastery was founded in 1526 by Saint Ignatios Agallianos.

Overview

Interior

The monastery contains many important relics collected since its founding, and houses a library which contains many manuscripts and icons. It now has over 2,500 volumes of books and 450 manuscripts and Greek and Ottoman documents.

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39.2479°N 26.1722°E / 39.2479; 26.1722

Landmarks of Lesbos
Mytilene	Ancient Theatre of Mytilene Archaeological Museum of Mytilene Catholic Church of Theotokos Castle of Mytilene Fikiotripa Roman Aqueduct of Lesbos Sappho Square Saint Therapon Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) Çarşı Hamam Yeni Mosque
Religion	Taxiarchis Monastery Ipsilou Monastery Saint Ignatios Monastery Agios Raphael Monastery
Villages	Agia Paraskevi, Lesbos Agios Isidoros Agiasos Chidira Eresos Kalloni Mantamados Messa Mithymna (Castle of Molyvos) Palaiochori Petra Plomari Sigri Thermi Vrisa
Nature	Bay of Gera Petrified forest of Lesbos (Natural History Museum) Kalamiaris palm forest Vatera
Events	Molyvos International Music Festival

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