Religious Monuments of Crete

Ierapetra

The province of Ierapetra has hosted a large number of monasteries that do not operate today, mainly in the mountainous regions of Dikti near the borders with the province of Viannos and in the mountain range of Thripti.

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Saint Anthony church at Kavoussi

The church of Agios Antonios (Saint Anthony) is located at position Vrysidia, above the beach of Tholos, in Kavousi, Ierapetra province. The church was a katholikon (main temple) of a small monastery that is placed chronologically at the end of the 14th century. In fact, there is a visitor inscription with the year 1390.

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Saint George church at Stavrochori

A few meters from the central square of the village Stavrochori (formerly Stravodoxari) in the province Ierapetra is the oldest neighborhood of the village, Mesochoria. In the square of Mesochoria, where narrow picturesque alleys lead, is the two-aisled church of Saint George and Panagia.

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