Kimanin kilomita 150 daga garin Athens, akan hanya zuwa kyakkyawa Delphi, mun sami wani tsohuwar gidan zuhudu da aka kafa a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX: shine Monastery ta Hosios Lukas, kuma yawancin gine-ginen da muke gani a yau daga ƙarni na gaba ne saboda mafi tsufa babu abin da ya rage.
Wannan gidan sufi yana da mahimmanci a cikin Cocin Girka na kirista a lokacin zamanin Byzantine. Tana kan Dutsen Helikonas kuma an kafa ta Hoton Hosios Lukas, wani fanni wanda aka haifa bayan hijirar iyayensa saboda mamayar Saracen, a shekara ta 896. Daga baya ya zama zuhudu wanda ya zauna a yankuna daban-daban kuma ya shahara da rayuwa ta zuriya. Saboda wannan sanannen ne wasu suka haɗa shi kuma ta haka aka haife gidan sufi wanda aka gina shi da taimakon masu martaba saboda Hosios shima ya shahara wajen warkar da cututtuka da annabci.
Ikilisiyar sufi an sadaukar da ita Santa Bárbara kuma a yau ga Budurwa Maryamu, kuma tun lokacin da 955 ke tunawa da mutuwar maigidan, kodayake al'adunsa sun fara ne bayan 'yantar da Crete a cikin 961 kuma tun daga wannan akwai mahaji da yawa zuwa wannan rukunin don abubuwan al'ajabi da yawa. Wannan addinin ya girma sannan kuma an sake gina wata coci don adana abubuwan tarihi, don haka abin da muke gani a yau ginin gidan sufa ne, wanda aka gina a kan gangarowa, wanda ke dauke da sel na sufaye, hasumiya mai kararrawa da kuma wurare biyu masu tsaunuka tare da inda yake. Hosios Lukas da kansa ya binne.
Gidan sufi na Hosios Lukas gaskiya ne jauhari na byzantine art wannan yana kiyaye kyawawan kayan kwalliyar kwalliya. A yau gidan kayan tarihin yana cikin cocin octagonal, kuma a can ma akwai gidan abinci wanda ake yin hayar ɗakuna, kodayake tabbas, ba su da arha kwata-kwata. Yana buɗewa kowace rana daga 8 na safe zuwa 5:30 na yamma, amma tunda ana amfani da gidan sufi, mata da maza ba sa iya sanya gajeren wando ko siket.
