The monastery of Savatiana or Savvathiana is located in a beautiful wooded and well-protected position near Rogdia, at an altitude of 440m and at a distance of 20km west of the city of Heraklion. The monastery is one of the several monasteries that operated in the area during the Venetian period, which was later mercilessly destroyed by the Turks.
Savvathiana monastery is built on a naturally fortified position, possibly in order to protect the monks from the constant pirate raids before the Venetian period. 

The monastery operates as a nunnery. It hosts the very old icon of “Great are You, Lord” painted by Ioannis Kornaros, and a copy of which still exists in Toplou Monastery.

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