ARKADI MONASTERY, CRETE, GREECE . Statue of Nikolaos Kokkinos armed monk . In 1866 Arkadi Tragedy, a revolution of the locals against Turkish occupation took place. A bullet in a burnt tree stands as a memorial of the time when 36 monks and sheltering individuals were massacred in the abbey's ΜΟΝΑΣΤΉΡΙ ΑΡΚΆΔΙ, ΚΡΉΤΗ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ . Άγαλμα του Νικολάου Κόκκινου ένοπλου μοναχού .

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