Malunga neekhilomitha ezili-150 ukusuka kwisixeko saseAthene, kwindlela eya eDelphi entle, sifumana ikhaya leemonki elidala elasekwa ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX: I-Hosios Lukas Monastery, kwaye uninzi lwezakhiwo esizibonayo namhlanje zivela kwinkulungwane ezayo ngenxa yezona zidala akukho nto iseleyo.
Le monastery yayibaluleke kakhulu kwi Icawa yamakristu yesiGrike Ngexesha le-Byzantine. Ime kwiNtaba yeHelikonas kwaye yasekwa ngu IiHosios Lukas, isifundo owazalwa emva kokufudukela kwabazali bakhe ngenxa yokuhlaselwa nguSaracen, ngonyaka we-896. Kamva waba yimonki owayehlala kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo kwaye waduma ngobomi bakhe bokuzibandeza uyolo. Ngenxa yolu dumo abanye bazibandakanya naye kwaye ke kwazalwa isigodlo esakhiwa ngoncedo lwezidwangube kuba noHosios wayedume ngokunyanga izifo nokuprofeta.
Icawa yeemonki izinikele kuyo ISanta Bárbara kwaye namhlanje kwiNtombikazi enguMariya, kwaye ukusukela ngo-955 kukhunjulwa ukufa kwemonki, nangona inkolo yakhe yaqala emva kokukhululwa kweKrete ngo-961 kwaye ukusukela ngoko kukho iindlela ezininzi zokuhambela kule ndawo ngokungummangaliso. Le nkolo yakhula emva koko yakhiwa enye icawe yokugcina izinto zabo, ke le nto siyibonayo namhlanje sisakhiwo seemonki, esakhiwe kwithambeka, eliqukethe iiseli zeemonki, intsimbi yentsimbi kunye neendawo ezimbini ezingcwele ezine-crypt apho ikhoyo UHosios Lukas wangcwatywa.
I-Hosios Lukas Monastery iyinyani ubucwebe bobugcisa beByzantine egcina imifanekiso emihle kunye neefrescoes ezintle. Namhlanje imyuziyam ikwicawa ene-octagonal, kwaye kukho indawo yokutyela apho kuqeshiswa khona amagumbi, nangona kunjalo, awabizi kangako. Ivula yonke imihla ukusukela nge-8 kusasa ukuya kwi-5: 30 ngokuhlwa, kodwa njengokuba indawo yoonongendi isasetyenziswa, abantu basetyhini kunye nabesilisa abanakho ukunxiba iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane okanye izikethi.
