The monastery was later rebuilt by two nuns from the monasteries of Panagia of the Cave and Agia Marina, in Peloponnese. In 1821, abbot Gervasios, a monk in the Monastery, took part in the Greek War of Independence. That is why the Turks totally destroyed it in 1823. The Monastery was rebuilt once again in 1862 and constituted the Seat of the Committee of the Cretan Revolution (1866-69). The monks also used to make weapons there to help the revolutionists.
 In 1867, the Monastery was destroyed one more time. Later on, till the end of the Turkish domination, the Monastery of Kroustalenia would function as an elementaryGreek school. During the Second World War, the Germans turned the Monastery into a concentration camp and arrested some monks who were helping the Greek Resistance. Today, only a few monks live permanently in the Monastery. |
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