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The This history of the monastery dates back to the beginning of the 18th-century when a bishop of Athens, Iakovos II, was founded cured by drinking water from a spring at that location. The Archbishop Iakovos, was suffering from an illness called lithiasis<ref> A condition causing concretions of mineral salts, was miraculously cured after drinking from or calculi, in the holy water springing near pancreas, tear ducts, appendix, or kidneys </ref>. From his gratitude he founded the monastery in that location. <ref> [[http://www.poros.nu/sightsee/monastery/monastery.htm The Monastery on Poros Island by Roger Berlin]].</ref>
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The '''Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount''' (Known locally as "Zoodochos Pigis") is an attractive 18th-century [[monastery]] at Kalavria, 4km east of the main city on Poros island, in Greece. It was founded in 1720 AD by His Grace [[Archbishop]] [[Iakovos II of Athens]] (1713-1734) around the island's only spring.
==History==
In 1733, [[Paisius II of Constantinople]] (1744-1748) recognised the monastery under the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Constantinople]]. The act gives it a lot of privileges. In 1798, [[Gregory V of Constantinople]] (1797-1798), ratified Paisios's second document relating to the priveleges of the monastery, with a [[sigillion]] (officially sealed document), kept in the quest quarters (Archondariki) of the monastery.<ref> [http://www.poros.com.gr/monastery/?lang=en Poros Island] </ref>
There is a little chapel near this monastery dedicated to the Ss. Anargyri.
== Architecture ==
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[[Category:Monasteries]]
[[Category:Greek Monasteries]]
