Sights Monasteries in Crete Agios Kostantinos Monastery in Agios Nikolaos
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The parish church of Dories village in Mirambello area, is a twin-naved one, with the north nave dedicated to ‘the Equals to the Apostles, Saints Konstantinos and Eleni’, and the south nave dedicated to the Elevation of the Holy Cross. Of particular interest are at the sanctuary niches the relief decorated stone ‘agiothyrida’ (agiothyrido stands for ‘gate of the saints’, and it is the name given to the east-facing sanctuary window of Greek Orthodox churches), the belfry with carved figures of Saints Konstantinos and Eleni and the date 1892, the wood-carved altar-screen as well as some portable post-Byzantine icons kept there. Based on archival references, this was the site of an important monastery which operated from the years of Venetian rule until the late 19th century (Chronaki 1997, 266, 1994 Psilakis A, 385). To the north of the once catholicon of the monastery remains today a restored vaulted hall, and the entrance of the old courtyard of the monastery, consisting of two consecutive gates.
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The old monastery of Agios Kostantinos and Eleni is located 22km north of 
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