Cishe ngamakhilomitha ayi-150 ukusuka edolobheni lase-Athene, usendleleni ebheke eDelphi enhle, sithola isigodlo sezindela esidala esasungulwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX: Isigodlo seHosios Lukas, futhi iningi lamabhilidi esiwabonayo namhlanje lisuselwa ekhulwini elizayo ngoba elidala kakukho okusalile.
Lesi sigodlo sezindela sasibaluleke kakhulu ku- isonto lama-greek christian ngesikhathi seByzantine. Itholakala eNtabeni iHelikonas futhi yasungulwa ngu UHosios Lukas, isifundo esazalwa ngemuva kokufuduka kwabazali bakhe ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kweSaracen, ngonyaka we-896. Kamuva waba yisindela esasihlala ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene futhi waduma ngokuphila kwakhe kokuzincisha. Ngenxa yalolu dumo abanye bamujoyina ngakho-ke kwazalwa isigodlo esakhiwa ngosizo lwezikhulu ngoba iHosios nayo yayidume ngokwelapha izifo nokuprofetha.
Isonto lezindela linikezelwe Santa Bárbara futhi namhlanje ku-Virgin Mary, futhi kusukela ngo-955 kukhunjulwa ukufa kwendela, yize ukukhulekelwa kwakhe kwaqala ngemuva kokukhululwa kweKrethe ngo-961 futhi kusukela lapho kunohambo lokuya kule ndawo oluningi oluyisimangaliso. Le nkolo yabe isikhula ngakho-ke elinye isonto lakhiwa ukufaka izinsalela zabo, ngakho-ke esikubonayo namuhla yisakhiwo sezindela, esakhiwe emthambekeni, esiqukethe amaseli ezindela, insimbi yensimbi nezindawo ezimbili ezingcwele ezine-crypt lapho UHosios Lukas uqobo wangcwatshwa.
IHosios Lukas Monastery iyiqiniso ubucwebe bobuciko be-byzantine lokho kugcina ama-mosaic amahle nemidwebo emihle kakhulu. Namuhla umnyuziyamu utholakala esontweni elino-octagonal, futhi kukhona nendawo yokudlela lapho kuqashwa khona amakamelo, yize kunjalo, awashibhile nakancane. Kuvulwa nsuku zonke kusuka ngo-8 ekuseni kuye ku-5: 30 ntambama, kepha njengoba isigodlo sisasetshenziswa, abesifazane nabesilisa abakwazi ukugqoka izikhindi noma iziketi.
