• Kapsa Monastery (Greek: Μονή Καψά) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery situated on the southeast coast of Crete, between the villages of Makrys Gialos and Sitia in the west...
  • Kapsa was raided by Turks in 1471. They did a lot of damage. ... Kapsa monastery welcomes appropriately-dressed visitors all year round.
  • The Kapsa monastery was built either in the thirteenth or the fourteenth century. It was the hermitage of ascetic and God-bearing Father Joseph Gerontogiannis.
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  • Its full name is the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Kapsa (St John Kapsa) and it’s a dependency of Monastery Toplou near Sitia on the road to Vai.
  • Kapsa Monastery is located on the southeastern coast of Crete between Makry Gialos and Sitia.
  • Between Makrigialos en Goudouras, perched on the rocks next to the entrance of the gorge of Pervolakia we find the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Kapsa.
  • Located less than 10 km from Makris Gialos, near Perivolakia Gorge, Kapsa Monastery is built on a steep hillside overlooking the sea and the pebbled Kapsa Beach.
  • 1943: Following the orders of the Germans, the Abbot Hilarion Syntichakis and all monks abandon the monastery of Kapsas.
  • Its full name is the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Kapsa (St John Kapsa) and it is a dependency of Toplou Monastery near Vai and Sitia.