Arkadi Monastery
Arkadi, Rethymno, Crete, Greece Christianity
Arkadi Monastery near Rethymno is one of Crete’s most important Orthodox monasteries and a national symbol of the island’s nineteenth-century struggle against…
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Archaeological Site of Philippi
Philippi, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece Christianity
The Archaeological Site of Philippi in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace preserves an ancient city that became a major landmark in the history…
Pantanassa Monastery, Mystras
Mystras, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece Christianity
Pantanassa is a late Byzantine monastery church within the fortified city of Mystras near Sparta in Laconia.
Vlatadon Monastery
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece Christianity
Vlatadon Monastery is a living Orthodox monastery in Thessaloniki’s Upper Town and one of the monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage…
Rotunda of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece Christianity
The Rotunda of Thessaloniki is a monumental late Roman building whose long history includes major periods of Christian and Islamic religious use.
Church of Saint Sophia, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece Christianity
The Church of Saint Sophia stands in central Thessaloniki and is one of the key monuments in the city’s UNESCO-listed sequence of…
Basilica of Saint Demetrius, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece Christianity
The Basilica of Saint Demetrius is the principal shrine of Thessaloniki’s patron saint and one of the city’s most important early Christian…
Saint Andrew’s Church, Patras
Patras, Achaea, Western Greece, Greece Christianity
The New Church of Saint Andrew in Patras is a major Orthodox pilgrimage church dedicated to Apostle Andrew, the city’s patron saint.
Panagia Soumela, Vermio
Kastania, Veria, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece Christianity
Panagia Soumela on Mount Vermio near Kastania is the modern Greek pilgrimage shrine that preserves the religious and cultural legacy of the…
Monastery of Archangel Michael Panormitis
Panormitis, Symi, Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece Christianity
The Monastery of Archangel Michael Panormitis stands on the southern coast of Symi and is one of the best-known Orthodox pilgrimage centres…
Panagia Kosmosoteira
Feres, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece Christianity
Panagia Kosmosoteira stands at Feres in Evros and is one of the most important surviving Byzantine churches of Thrace.
Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa
Amorgos, Naxos, South Aegean, Greece Christianity
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa is built into a sheer cliff on Amorgos, roughly 300 metres above the Aegean Sea.