
Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas
Many of the Cretan churches were built inside a cave, on top of large boulders, and on the foundations of older buildings. The oldest monastery on Crete, the church of Katholiko in Akrotiri, Kydonia is an example of a church built by cutting a hole in the sheer rock of a mountainside. The church of Agios Iasatos in Agios Thomas, Monofatsi, has been built by cutting a large rock to house it. An example of a church built above two boulders is the Panagia on Two Rocks, in Fres, Apokoronas. The church of Agios Mamas in Kyriakoselia, Apokoronas, is built completely within a cave, as is also the case with the church of the Panagia (Kera Spiliotisa) in Agios Thomas, Monofatsi.
Photos of Churches in Natural Formations:

The church of Agios Mamas, Kyriakoselia

The church of the Panagia on Two Rocks, Fres

Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas
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