[1] It ceased to function as a monastery near the end of the Ottoman occupation of Crete and currently only its principal church remains.

The Halevi monastery was founded in the 16th century when Crete was under Venetian rule and soon became stavropegic, i.e. directly answerable to the Patriarch of Constantinople.

[1][2] In 1980, it was listed as a preserved monument by the Greek state and in 1991 the convent was attached to the restored monastery of Agia Irini.

Only the single-aisled principal church (katholikon) of Theotokos is standing, known for its magnificent teardrop-shaped windows.

Among the vestiges of the buildings, elements of the popular Cretan architecture of past centuries can be seen.