HIEROTHEUS OF ATHENS AND HIS MONASTERY
The monastery as it was when the new sisterhood moved in, in early 1930s LOCATION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE MONASTERY The Monastery of St Hierotheus & Kyparissiotissa, located on the foothills of Mt. Geraneia, is 8 km away from the ancient city of Megara. It's from Nisaea, the Ancient port of Megara, where Prince Byzas set sail to found Byzantium, 667 BC . About 1000 years later, in 324 AD, Byzantium gave its place Constantinople. he monastery church dates back to the 11th century. It is built next to the tomb of St Hierotheus, the Thesmothete (the law-maker), the first bishop of Athens, who was succeeded by Dionysius the Areopagite . Both of them ought to be from noble and well-educated families. The judges of the Supreme Court of Athens must have previously served as one of the nine thesmothetes, meaning law-makers. The mathematical theorema on the dogma of the Holy Trinity Hierotheus had Hellenistic education, was a Platonic philosopher, and w
