Churches & monasteries

Faith and resistance

Cretan monasteries were centres of learning and resistance. Dress modestly (shoulders and knees covered) when visiting.

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Chania 11 Rethymno 10 Heraklion 12 Lasithi 10

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One of the oldest and wealthiest monasteries in Crete.

Churches & monasteries · Archanes-Asterousia

A monastery by the Libyan Sea.

Churches & monasteries · Archanes-Asterousia

A convent with a holy myrtle tree.

Churches & monasteries · Archanes-Asterousia

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