Dafni wemamongi Iyo iri padyo padyo neguta re Girisi, 11 makiromita kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwepakati pe Chania, padyo nesango reDaphni, munzira inoyera inotungamira kuEulesis.
Yakavakwa muzana ramakore rechitanhatu AD panyika imwechete iyo tembere ya Daphnia Apollo Yakaparadzwa neGoths muna 395. Ionic mbiru dzetemberi yekare dzakashandiswazve kuvaka imba yemamongi. Nhasi kwasara mumwe chete nekuti vamwe vakaendeswa kuEngland naIshe Elgin.
Dafni Monastery ndechimwe chezvivakwa zve chimiro chebyzantine inonyanya kukosha kuGreece. Chechi ine octagonal plan, portico kana nárthex uye dome. Gare gare portico yechipiri uye yechipiri nhanho yakawedzerwa iyo yaigara dzimba dzababoti uye raibhurari.
Mosaics yeiyi tembere, zvichibva pane yakasarudzika yakanaka, ivo ndeimwe yeakanaka kwazvo muGrisi yese. Ivo vanomiririra zviitiko kubva kuhupenyu hwaKristu neMhandara uye mumwe wekurovererwa anomira pachena. Ivo vakagadzirwa neakanakisa maartist enguva uye izvo zvinhu zvakashandiswa pairi yaive goridhe pakati pevamwe.
Nekufamba kwenguva, iyo Dafni Monastery akatambura zvakawanda nekukwira. Semuenzaniso, kutenderedza gore re1205 panguva yehondo dzehondo, zvakapambwa. Zvidimbu zvakawanda zvegoridhe zvakabiwa uye imba yemamongi yakakuvara.
Othon de la Roche, Duke weAtene, akazvipa kuCistercian abbey yeBellevaux. Mamongi eFrance akaishandura kuita kereke yechikatorike uye vakavakazve nzvimbo yekutandarira, vachiwedzera madziro akatenderedza imba yemamongi nekuita dzimwe shanduko, senge kuvakwa kwemakuva, kudzamara vaTurkey vavadzinga ndokutambidza kuungano yeOrthodox muna 1458.
Pakati pa1955 na1957 yakadzoreredzwa kuti ichengetedze kubva pakuparadzwa zvachose, muna 1981 kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaparadza madziro uye nhevedzano yemakuva kumakuva.
Muna 1990, yakaziviswa nzvimbo yeNyika Yenyika, pamwe nemamwe ma tembere maviri echimiro chimwe chete Hosios Lukas muDelfos uye Néa Moní muChíos.