Sacred Spaces in Greece

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

A seaside castle complex that stood through centuries of conquests.

After being destroyed by two separate fires, this monastery is now home to a small zoo and relics from dozens of saints.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.