Anenge makiromita zana nemakumi mashanu kubva kuguta reAtene, munzira yekuDelphi yakanaka, tinowana monastery yekare yakatangwa mukupera kwezana ramakore rechigumi: ndiyo Hosios Lukas Monastery, uye mazhinji ezvivakwa zvatinoona nhasi anobva muzana ramakore rinotevera nekuda kweyekare hapana chakasara.
Iyi yemamongi yaive yakakosha mu greek christian church panguva yeByzantine. Iyo iri paGomo reHelikonas uye yakavambwa na hosios lukas, chidzidzo chakazvarwa mushure mekutama kwevabereki vake nekuda kwekupinda nechisimba kweSaracen, mugore ra896. Akazove mumonki aigara kumatunhu akasiyana siyana uye akaita mukurumbira nekuda kwehupenyu hwake hwekuzvinyima. Nekuda kwemukurumbira uyu vamwe vakamubatana uye nekudaro kwakazvarwa imba yemamongi yakavakwa nerubatsiro rwevanokudzwa nekuti Hosios yaivewo nembiri yekurapa zvirwere nekuporofita.
Kereke yemamonk yakatsaurirwa kuna Santa Bárbara uye nhasi kuMhandara Maria, uye kubvira 955 kufa kwemamonki kunorangarirwa, kunyangwe chinamato chake chakatanga mushure mekuregererwa kweKrete muna 961 uye kubvira ipapo kune mafambiro mazhinji kunzvimbo ino yezvishamiso zvakawanda. Kunamata uku kwakazokura uye nekudaro imwe chechi yakavakwa kuti vagadzire zvisaririra zvavo, saka izvo zvatinoona nhasi chivakwa chemamonk, chakavakirwa pamusoro penzvimbo, ine maseru emamonki, bhero tower nenzvimbo mbiri dzakatsaurwa dzine crypt uko Hosios Lukas pachake akavigwa.
Hosios Lukas Monastery ichokwadi chishongo cheyazantine art iyo inochengeta yakaisvonaka mosaics uye yakaisvonaka frescoes. Nhasi uno miziyamu iri mune octagonal chechi, uye kunoshandawo nzvimbo yekudyira uko dzimba dzinohayiwa, kunyangwe hazvo zvirizvo, hazvina kudhura zvachose. Iyo yakavhurika zuva nezuva kubva 8am kusvika 5:30 pm, asi sezvo monastery ichiri kushandiswa, vakadzi nevarume havagone kupfeka zvikabudura kana masiketi.
