LIST OF CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES
Monastery of Agia Pelagia (in Agia Pelagia)
Greek Orthodox Monastery of Agia Pelagia - the church of Agia Pelagia where Sunday's religious service, celebration of Mass, takes place.
The inside of the church (Monastery) of Agia Pelagia Crete
The inside of the Greek Orthodox Church of Agia Pelagia (Monastery of Agia Pelagia)
the yard of the church of Agia Pelagia
the yard of the church of Agia Pelagia
Agia's Pelagia's Monastery - Sunday's Orthodox Christian religious service takes place here (celebration of Mass)
Celebration of the Greek Orthodox EPIPHANIA (EPIPHANY = commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus, also called THEOFANIA) - 6th January - on the beach of Agia Pelagia - SEE MORE at Agia Pelagia NEWS section.
Church of Agia Marina (in Agia Pelagia)
Church of Agios Ionanis Prodromos (in Achlada village)
The Church of Agios Ioannis (Saint John) in Achlada, at the central sqare of the village
Church of Panagia Lygariotisa (in Ligaria)
Church of Agios Georgios (in Lygaria - up on the hills, close to the high way)
Church of Agios Nikolaos (in Agia Pelagia - up on the hills, above the high way)
Church of Agios Sozon (on Cape Stavros)
Nearby the area of Agia Pelagia, you can easily reach and visit the Monasteries:
Monastery of PANTANASSA, its located half way from Agia Pelagia towards Heraklion city, right on the highway (only 10,5 km away from Agia Pelagia)
Monastery of AGIA FOTEINI, its located half way from Agia Pelagia towards Heraklion city, right on the highway - opposite Pantanassa Monastery (only 10,5 km away from Agia Pelagia)
Monastery MONI SAVATHIANON, situated in a verdant ravine of Vasilikos mountain in the nearby village of Rodia (only 12,2 km away from Agia Pelagia)
Monastery of Agios Panteleimon, is also a monastery that you should absolutely visit. Agios Panteleimon is located very near to Fodele village, you can combine the viisit to Agios Panteleimon Monastery with visiting too the traditional Cretan village of Fodele, as you will have to pass through Fodele in order to arrive to Agios Panteleimon which is a 5 km drive along the river through small valleys with orange and plane trees. The monastery was built in the last period of the Venetian occupation and is in complete harmony with the verdant and peaceful surrounding landscape. As the monastery was a center of the revolutionary actions during the Turkish occupation it was severaly vandalised by the Ottoman Turks but it was later reconstructed and preservs its original traditional architecture (its 14,8 km away from Agia Pelagia) |
