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It is recorded that the monastery was damaged in a fire that broke out in 1882; the fire destroyed the wooden iconostasis, icons, and liturgical furnishings.
It is stated that most of the icons seen in the church today are modern Russian works; the icon of outstanding historical value is stated to be located in the narthex.
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The church belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul.
The structure is also known as “Hagios Georgios tou Kremnou” (“on the cliff / on the cliff facing the sea”); it is described as a pink-colored complex located on a sea-facing cliff on the southern slope of Heybeliada.
In a travel record dated 1739, it was noted that Greeks coming from Istanbul took refuge in this monastery during the plague outbreak.
It is recorded that Bishop Ioannikos, who retired after his term of office in 1761–1763, came to the monastery; according to the inscription on the wall, he had a katholikon built here (in memory of his father) and also founded a school.
It is stated that the monastery was mentioned in the diary of Priest John Covel, who visited the island in 1677.
