The museum of the Preveli Monastery
houses an important collection of its heirlooms preserved today, including icons dated from the 17th century,
gold - embroidered vestments, ecclesiastical liturgical vessels and other relics of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The monastery also maintains a significant library, listing approximately 1000 volumes.
The most important exhibits of the Museum are:
- Sacerdotal Vestments, early 18th century.
- The Eulogistic Cross of Efraim Prevelis, second half of the 18th century.
- Sigillium on a parchment declaring the monastery as stauropegion, 1798.
- Silver bound Evangile, 1807.
- The rood-screen in the aisle of Saint John Theologian, 1840.
- Gold - plated chalice with cover, 1847.
Museum
Art & culture
Periods of the exhibits
Post-Byzantine period, 1453-1821
Modern and contemporary Greece, 1821-today
Visiting Information
Fixed hours
Museum
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Museum
Ecclesiastical Art Museum
Executives & Departments
Information office, 28th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, 214 Arkadiou Street, Rethymno, Tel.: 28310 58842, 28310 23653, Fax: 28310 58843, Email: Requires Login as Tourism Professional