Departure from our hotel after breakfast for the Arkadi Monastery. Top act of the liberation struggle of the Cretans, a symbol of heroism and sacrifice. It is the most important episode of the Cretan Revolution of 1866. The mismanagement and oppression of the Turkish administration forced the Pan-Cretan Assembly that met in Chania to send a report to the Sultan on May 14, 1866 with a series of requests. Specifically, he demanded: improvement of the tax system, respect for the Christian religion, recognition of the population to freely elect its elders and measures to be taken for the economic development of the island.  In September and October he carried out liquidation operations in the area of Chania and then turned to Rethymno and the Arkadi Monastery, where the headquarters of the local revolutionary committee was located, a storehouse of ammunition and food, as well as a refuge for many Christians. Mustafa Pasha arrived outside the monastery on the afternoon of November 6, 1866. He had at his disposal 15,000 men (Turks, Albanians, Egyptians and Turkish Cretans) and a powerful artillery. There were 966 people in the Monastery, of whom only 250 could fight. The fighters of Arkadi were led by the Peloponnesian lieutenant Ioannis Dimakopoulos and the abbot Gabriel.  The last act of the drama and another glorious page of Greek history was written in the gunpowder depot of the monastery. Kostis Giamboudakis or according to others Emmanuel Skoulas blew it up, spreading death, not only to Christians, but also to the invaders. Shortly afterwards, Turkish Cretans and Albanians rushed and slaughtered those who had been rescued, burning the temple and looting the relics. Then return to the hotel and free time. In the evening we will watch the Resurrection and eat at the hotel with a cook.