After the monastery was under attack for two days by 15,000 Turks and 30 cannons, directed by Suleyman, the Turks had started to out number and control the fight. Mostly women and children gathered in the powder room so when the Turkish broke in Giaboudakis, a Greek soldier, set the barrels of powder on fire and the resulting explosion that killed numerous Turkish and Greek people. Most Greeks sought to end their lives rather than face rape and enslavement, sadly, this was the case for 114 Greek men and women.
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