Ι. Ναός Αγίου Γεωργίου, Πόμπια, Ηράκλειο
The church of Agios Georgios in Pombia, in the prefecture of Heraklion, is a modest Byzantine-era sanctuary whose precise history has gone unrecorded.…
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The church of Agios Georgios in Pombia, in the prefecture of Heraklion, is a modest Byzantine-era sanctuary whose precise history has gone unrecorded.…
This modest Byzantine church in the Heraklion area, dedicated to Saint Photini, carries a name that glows with meaning: Agia Fotia, Holy Fire. Its ded…
In the village of Kato Symi, within the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, the Church of Virgin Mary of Keras stands as a quiet testament to the island'…
In Kato Chorio, within Crete's Lasithi region, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior and St. Charalambos carries a dual dedication to Christ…
The Church of Holy Trinity and Dormition of the Theotokos stands in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, a Byzantine church honoring two central feast…
At the centre of the Limnakaros Plateau, 1,150 metres up, stands the Church of the Holy Spirit, a small stone double temple dedicated to the Holy Spir…
Standing in Andromylos in the Lasithi region of Crete, the Church of the Holy Apostles carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine sanctuary founded in…
Sitting in the Cretan hills near Kavousi, in the municipality of Ierapetra, the Church of Virgin Mary Protoseptembriánis carries Byzantine devotion in…
High above the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos and St. John the Theologian keeps watch over the villa…
In the village of Kritsa, within the Lasithi region of Crete, the Church of St. George Kavousiotis stands as a quiet testament to the island's Byzanti…
The Church of Panagia Vrefotrofou, dedicated to the Virgin as nurturer of infants, stands in the Lasithi region of Crete. Its Greek name means All Hol…
Set among the Cretan hills of the Minoa Pedias municipality near Heraklion, the Church of St. Zoni carries the quiet gravity of a Byzantine sanctuary.…
The Church of Agios Fanourios stands in a fertile valley at Kitharida, 21 kilometres from Heraklion. It was once the katholikon of a women’s monastery…
In the village of Epano Archanes, near Heraklion, the church of Agios Georgios carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its modest stone…
The Church of St. Nicholas stands in Ano Arkhanes, a village in the Heraklion region whose roots reach back to antiquity. This Byzantine church occupi…
The Church of Christ the Savior in Kounavoi, within the Archanes-Asterousia municipality of Heraklion, is a Byzantine church dated to around 1600. Yet…
In the village of Episkopi, in the hills of the Heraklion region, the Church of St. Paraskevi holds centuries of devotion within its walls. Excavation…
The Church of Virgin Mary Limniotissa stands quietly in the Municipality of Chersonesus, near Heraklion, a modest Byzantine church that keeps a fragme…
The Church of St. Paraskevi stands in Galifa, within the Municipality of Chersonisou in the Heraklion region of Crete, a modest Byzantine place of wor…
The Church of Virgin Mary Galatiani in Malia is a three-nave structure dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary. Its name derives from the Gre…
In the village of Tylisos, in the Heraklion regional unit, the Church of Christ the Saviour stands as a modest Byzantine chapel, its simple stone form…
The Basilica of Piskopiano stands near the port of Chersonesos in the Heraklion region, a quiet survivor of the Byzantine centuries when Christianity …
In the Chanioporta district of Heraklion, the Church of St. John the Merciful carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its dedication ho…
Just outside the old acropolis of Eleutherna, two small Byzantine churches stand close together, one dedicated to Christ the Saviour and the other to …
In the heart of Heraklion stands a small Byzantine church with a double dedication to Saint Menas and the Pantanassa, the Queen of All. Its modest sca…
The Church of Agia Aikaterini (St Catherine of the Sinaites), now the Museum of Christian Art, stands in central Heraklion, forming a triangle with th…
The Church of Saint Peter stands on Leoforos Sofokli Venizelou in Heraklion, a Byzantine structure dating to 1248, when Crete belonged to the Eastern …
At the edge of Lakkoi in the Chania region of Crete stands the Church of Saint George, a Byzantine church whose stonework and simple form speak to a l…
In the rural landscape near Chania, the Church of Archangel Michael at Cephalas carries the long memory of Byzantine Crete. Its origins reach back to …
The Cathedral of St Nicholas and the Presentation of the Virgin in Drapanias, Chania, was built between 1850 and 1880 and consecrated in 1896. It is a…
In the village of Masari on Rhodes stands the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos, a modest Byzantine church whose name honors the feast commemora…
On the island of Cythera, the Church of the Virgin Mary Spiliotissa carries Byzantine devotion into a landscape with far older roots. The ground benea…
The Church of St. John the Theologian in Fira, Santorini, is a Byzantine church dedicated to the author of the Book of Revelation. Its presence on an …
In the rural landscape of eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Trinity at Achilleio stands as a modest Byzantine sanctuary, the kind of stone built church…
The Basilica of Kyparissos stands in a small seaside settlement in Eastern Mani, Laconia, within the Municipality of Oitylos. This Byzantine church oc…
The Church of Panagia Kalou, also known as the Assumption of the Virgin, gives its name to the village of Panagia Kalou on Santorini, part of the Muni…
In the rugged landscape of the Mani peninsula, the Church of St. George stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine devotion. This place of worship in th…
In the rugged landscape of eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of the Savior stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. Known in Greek as Ι. Να…
In the village of Ochia, in eastern Mani, two Byzantine churches stand side by side: one dedicated to St. Peter, the other to the Dormition of the The…
Set in the Mani landscape of Laconia, within the Municipality of Eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Trinity is a Byzantine church whose stones carry mor…
In the rugged landscape of Eastern Mani, within the region of Laconia, the Church of St. Nicholas stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. Th…
Set in the rugged landscape of Eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of St. John is a Byzantine church that carries the religious and architectural heri…
In the village of Kounos, within the municipality of Eastern Mani, the Church of St. John preserves the quiet dignity of Byzantine ecclesiastical arch…
The Church of Agios Andreas in Kechrianika, Lakonia, is a Byzantine church dating from the 13th century. The settlement of Kechrianika is the birthpla…
The Church of St. Demetrios stands in Kipoula, in the eastern Mani of Laconia, a Byzantine church whose walls and form speak to an era when ecclesiast…
In Kato Gardenitsa, a village of Eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior carries the quiet authority of Byzantine dev…
The church of Archangel Michael stands in the village of Pedoulas, in the Marathasa valley of the Troodos mountain range. Built and decorated with fre…
In the remote landscape of eastern Mani in Laconia stands the Church of St. Barbara of the Desert, a Byzantine church whose very name evokes the solit…
The tower of the Lagoudis family stands at the centre of Briki, a village in the Mani, and ranks among the most imposing such structures in the region…
High in the Mani of Laconia stands the Church of the Bodiless Powers, a 13th-century Byzantine chapel whose name honors the heavenly hosts. Its archit…
The Church of Pantanassa stands within the municipality of Monemvasia in Laconia, southern Greece, a Byzantine church that carries the quiet dignity o…
In the rugged landscape of eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Theodores stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. This modest stone church, dedi…
In the rural landscape of Laconia, this modest Byzantine church stands as a quiet testament to centuries of local faith. Dedicated to the Panagia, its…
Set within the rugged landscape of Eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of Saint Nicholas carries the quiet weight of antiquity in the southern Pelopon…
The church of Saint Nicholas (Agios Nikolaos) at Kyriakosellia, in the Apokoronas region of Crete, is one of the island’s most important examples of B…
The Basilica of St. Stephen is a Byzantine church whose remains now form an archaeological site on the island of Kos. Through the medieval centuries i…
The Church of St. Demetrius stands in Eastern Mani, Laconia, near the ancient sites of Larysion and Kranae on the slopes of Mount Koumarou. Its Byzant…
The Church of St. Constantine stands in Thalames, in western Mani, Messenia, a Byzantine-era structure rooted in one of the region's oldest settled la…
Set at the foot of the Taygetos mountains on the western side of the Mani peninsula, this marble-built Byzantine church stands in a landscape layered …
In the small settlement of Platsa, within the Municipality of Dytiki Manis in Messenia, the Church of St. Nikon carries the quiet authority of a Byzan…
In the village of Plátsa, within the wild landscape of Western Mani in Messenia, the Church of All Saints stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine…
The Church of Panagia Katapoliani stands at the centre of the Katapola settlement, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin and celebrated on 15 Augus…
In the village of Milea, within the Municipality of Western Mani at the southern tip of the Peloponnese, the Church of Zoodochos Pigi stands as a quie…
The Church of St. Leon in Messenia, within the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, is a Byzantine-era church that carries the rare distinction of Gothic arc…
The Church of St. Prokopios stands in Kastania, in the wild Mani region of Messenia, a quiet survivor of the Byzantine era. Its stone walls carry the …
In the rugged landscape of Western Mani, within the region of Messenia, stands the Church of Annunciation of the Virgin. This Byzantine church is a pr…
In the quiet countryside near Apidea in Laconia, the Church of St. Basil stands as a modest witness to the Byzantine world that once shaped this corne…
In the village of Gournitsa, in the western Mani of Messenia, the Church of Hagia Sophia stands as a quiet stone survivor among olive groves and hills…
In the quiet landscape of western Mani, the Church of St. Constantine stands as a modest testament to Byzantine devotion. Dedicated to the emperor-sai…
In the village of Ano Doli, within the Municipality of Western Mani in Messenia, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos stands as a quiet testam…
In the village of Campos in western Mani, the Church of Dormition of the Theotokos stands as a quiet witness to Byzantine devotion in the Peloponnese.…
In the quiet landscape of Laconia, within the Eurotas region near Alepochori, the Katholikon of St. John the Forerunner Monastery stands as a testamen…
In Palia Mikri Mantineia, within the Municipality of Kalamata in Messenia, the Church of the Holy Apostles stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine fa…
On Naxos, the Church of St. Thomas at Gyroulas stands on ground that has been sacred for millennia. A rural sanctuary to Demeter and Apollo rose here …
Set in Amyklae near Sparta, in Laconia, this Byzantine church of St. Nicholas belongs to the long medieval centuries between the sixth and fifteenth, …
The Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos stands in Vlachopoulo, in the Messenia region of the Peloponnese, a Byzantine sanctuary whose name honour…
On the island of Páros, in the village of Márpissa, the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine devotion.…
In the Laconian village of Agios Ioannis, near the ancient site of Alesiai that Pausanias placed southwest of Sparta, this Byzantine church is dedicat…
In the heart of Naxos, at Danakos, the Church of St. John the Theologian belongs to the Byzantine age, when small stone churches served the island's s…
In the town of Chora in Messenia stands the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen, a Byzantine church dedicated to the emperor and his mother. Its pres…
In a wooded ravine near Potamia on Naxos stands the Byzantine church of Agios Mamas, also known as Panagia Theoskepasti. It is among the oldest church…
On Naxos, within the municipality of Naxos and the Minor Cyclades, the Church of Panagia Rachidiotissa carries the quiet authority of the Byzantine er…
The Church of Panagia Drosiani (Our Lady of the Dew) stands among olive groves in the Tragaia valley on Naxos, between the villages of Moni and Chalki…
The Church of St. Helen stands in Parikia on Paros, a Byzantine foundation whose whitewashed walls and modest dome keep a quiet presence among the isl…
The Church of St. Irene in Laconia is a Byzantine-era church in the Municipality of Sparta, in the Peloponnese. Its precise construction date and buil…
Set in Laconia within the municipality of Sparta, the Church of Saints Theodore is a Byzantine church standing on ground steeped in far older history.…
The Church of St. George in Aipeia, Messenia, is a Byzantine church preserved as a protected building in Greece. Excavations in the area between 2008 …
The Church of Prophet Elias in Messenia is a Byzantine church built on the site of ancient Thouria, a settlement that flourished through the archaic, …
This Byzantine church, dedicated to St. Phanourios and St. Paraskevi, stands at Kaminakia on Naxos, a site layered with centuries of history. Long bef…
In the village of Komiaki on Naxos stands the Church of St. George, a Byzantine-era sanctuary dedicated to the dragon-slaying saint. Its stone walls a…
This modest Byzantine church, raised around 1200 in the Arcadian hills of Northern Kynourias, has watched eight centuries pass over the Peloponnese. D…
On Patmos, in the Dodecanese, the Church of St. Demetrios of Karyda carries the island's Byzantine heritage into the present. Dating to around 1001, i…
The Church of St. Prokopios stands in Skála on Pátmos, an island of the Dodecanese whose religious roots reach back to late-antique times. Though Byza…
In the uplands of Arcadia, the Church of Apostles Peter and Paul, known locally as Agios Petros, carries the quiet authority of Byzantine devotion int…
On the island of Hydra, amid the Saronic Islands, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. Built…
The Church of St. George stands in the village of Agios Ioannis near Astros, in the Municipality of Northern Cynouria, Arcadia, a quiet corner of the …
The Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Ano Phigaleia, Elis, is a Byzantine church on a site of remarkable continuity. It stands where an anci…
In Chora on the island of Kythnos, the Church of Panagia of Victory, or Ι. Ναός Παναγίας του Νίκους, stands as a modest Byzantine sanctuary built of l…
In the Messenian countryside near the village of Neda, the Church of St. Demetrius stands as a modest Byzantine survivor, its stonework and simple pla…
In Kato Doliana, a traditional village in North Kynouria, the Church of St. Nicholas preserves a piece of Arcadia's Byzantine Christian heritage. The …
The Church of St. Nicholas Malamatenia is a Byzantine church on Mykonos, an Aegean island inhabited since antiquity. It stands within a settlement who…
The Church of St. Anthony stands in Ano Syros, the old hilltop settlement on the island of Syros, where it embodies the Byzantine religious heritage o…
The Church of St. Nicholas in Alea, Arcadia, is a Byzantine-era monument standing on ground that has been sacred for millennia. It occupies the site o…
In Chora on Tinos, the Church of Panagia Malamatenias stands as a Byzantine landmark within one of the Aegean's most persistently inhabited places. Th…
The Church of Panagia Bafero is a Byzantine church in Stemnitsa, within the Municipality of Gortynias in Arcadia. It stands in a part of western Arcad…
The Church of Life-giving Spring stands in Stemnitsa, a mountain village in the Municipality of Gortynias, Arcadia, as a Byzantine-era sanctuary and a…
In the quiet countryside of Arkoudorema in Arcadia stands the Church of Panagia, a protected Byzantine church whose stones carry the memory of a dista…
The Monastery of Holy Trinity (Agia Triada) in Meteora is one of the most iconic and photographed landmarks of the region. Access is difficult, involv…
Standing in the Argolis near Nafplio, this Byzantine church dedicated to the Mother of God carries centuries of layered history in its stones. Excavat…
In Palea Epidavros, on the Argolid coast of the Peloponnese, the Church of St. Nicholas carries the quiet continuity of a place layered with centuries…
The Church of Agios Ioannis at Panormos on Tinos is a Byzantine church whose precise history has not been recorded, yet it stands as a quiet witness t…
Set in the mountain village of Vytina in Arcadia, the Church of St. Tryphon is a Byzantine church dedicated to the saint and recognized as a protected…
The Church of St. Demetrios in Magouliana, within the Municipality of Gortynia in Arcadia, is a Byzantine church that preserves the ecclesiastical tra…
In Chora on Samos, the Church of St. Demetrios carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine sanctuary, its architecture reflecting the religious buildin…
The Church of St. Leontios rises on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Islands, within the municipality of Aegina, a quiet witness to the Byzantine w…
At the south-western edge of the village of Platanos on Samos stands the former parish church of the Dormition of the Virgin, whose feast is 15 August…
On the island of Samos, in the area of Palaikastro, the Church of the Transfiguration stands as a quiet witness to the Byzantine era. Its Greek name, …
The Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Anogi is a spacious basilica. Its remarkable icons of Saints and Angels, of rare artistry, were c…
In Korthion, on the southern reaches of Andros, the Church of St. Nicholas stands as a quiet testament to the island’s Byzantine past. Its stones belo…
In the village of Chiliomodi in Corinthia stands the Church of Faneromeni Old Monastery, a protected Byzantine monument and a quiet survivor of Greece…
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