{{stub}}The '''Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount''' , (Known locally as "Zoodochos Pigis", Gr. 'η Μονή Ζωοδόχου Πηγής Καλαυρείας') is an attractive 18th-century [[monastery]] at Kalavrias, 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.

This history The Monastery of the monastery Life-giving Fount dates back to the beginning of the 18th-century when a Iakovos II, [[bishop]] of Athens, Iakovos II, was cured by drinking water from a spring at that location. The Archbishop was had been suffering from an illness called lithiasis <ref> A condition causing concretions of mineral salts, or calculi, in the pancreas, tear ducts, appendix, or kidneys </ref>. From his gratitude he founded the monastery in that the locationof the spring. <ref> [http://www.poros.nu/sightsee/monastery/monastery.htm The Monastery on Poros Island by Roger Berlin] </ref>

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 privileges of the monastery, with a [[sigillion]] (officially sealed document), kept in the quest guest quarters (Archondariki) of the monastery.<ref> [http://www.poros.com.gr/monastery/?lang=en Poros Island] </ref>

There is a little small [[chapel]] near this the monastery dedicated to the Ss. Anargyri. == Architecture =={{stub}}