The mural decoration of the Daphni Monastery is being restoredtranslated

The Ministry of Culture, through its competent Services, the Directorate for the Maintenance of Ancient and Modern Monuments and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Western Attica, is advancing the protection and promotion of the mural decoration of the Catholicos of the Daphni Monastery. The project is part of the wider planning of the Ministry of Culture for the systematic protection, restoration and promotion of the Daphni Monastery, with the aim of preserving a monument of exceptional importance for the Byzantine cultural heritage and Attica. The Dafniou Monastery is located at the foot of Mount Aigaleo on the Holy Road, and is one of the most important Byzantine monuments of Attica. Its Catholicos dates back to the 11th century and belongs to the particularly important octagonal architectural type adopted during Middle Byzantine times, and we can also find them in the Catholicos of the Monastery of Saint Loukas and the New Monastery of Chios, monuments with which the Monastery of Daphni is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Catholic and the western wing of cells of the Daphni Monastery

The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni stated: "The Daphni Monastery is one of the most important Byzantine monuments of the country...