Asceticism

The single-nave arched church of Saint John the Theologian (Agios Ioannis Theologos) is located in the central square of the village Armeni, province Apokoronas. The church was built in the 16th century on the site of an older 13th-century domed temple, which in turn was built on the site of the central aisle of a 6th-century Early Christian basilica.

The church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos is located at the territory of the village Pigaidakia, near the beginning of the stream that ends on Karavovrissi beach in Kali Limenes. Today only the temple is preserved from the complex that till the beginning of the 20th century was a small monastery.

The church of Saint John the Theologian (Agios Ioannis Theologos) is located in the ruined settlement of Lakki, in the periphery of the village Kroustas. The temple was built on a pre-existing building, and nearby are traces of buildings from the Lakkos settlement, two threshing floors and a cistern.

In the cemetery of the village of Nefs Amari in the province of Amari there is the small single-nave arched temple of the Archangels (Taxiarches). The temple is dated to the Venetian occupation and above the entrance, on the exterior wall, there is a cross-shape series of round ceramics (pinakia) preserved.

The imposing three-aisled church of Saint John the Theologian (Agios Ioannis) in Mesa Mouliana is located at the edge of the village and is the result of successive interventions in the original medieval Byzantine single-aisled church. .

Just outside the village of Lakonia near Agios Nikolaos we meet the small single-nave arched temple dedicated to Archangel Michael. The church interior retains excellent murals from 1431 and 1432.

Ο μικρός οικισμός της Κάτω Επισκοπής Σητείας υπήρξε πιθανότατα έδρα της Επισκοπής Σητείας κατά τη δεύτερη βυζαντινή περίοδο. Στο νεκροταφείο του χωριού βρίσκεται ο ναός των Αγίων Αποστόλων Πέτρου και Παύλου, ο οποίος αποτελεί μετασκευασμένο λουτρό του 11ου αιώνα, πιθανώς της επισκοπικής κατοικίας που βρισκόταν απέναντι.

South of the center of the village Ano Moulia there is the small temple of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, in the center of a small graphic square. Externally it looks like a modern temple, but its original construction dates back to the 13th century, as evidenced by the preserved fresco of the Burning Bush.