Skiathos Monastery and Church Photographs.

There are four monasteries you can visit on the Greek Holiday Island of Skiathos.

There are also quite a few small churches scattered around the Skiathos hills and in some of the towns several pictures of which are shown below.

Monastery Photos

Aghios Charalambos Moni
This monstery is located in the north of Skiathos and just about reachable by dirt track but there is also a nice walk you can do instead if you wish.
The monastery has been refurbished and is in really good condition - you can look inside some of the buildings for an idea of how conditions and life used to be years ago. This monastery features a colony (well 7) hungry cats who will really pester you for some food - they are happy to eat sandwiches etc to remember to take something with you so you can feed them - perhaps several nice steaks or pork chops...


Evangelistria Moni The only fully inhabited monastery on Skiathos this is open daily - a very intgeresting monastery to look round. There are some seats in a shaded area and you can get some spring water if necessary. Taxis will take you to this monastery since there is now a tarmac/concrete road to it - also a limited (mini) bus service operates out of Skiathos Town main bus station by the harbour - we know of one bus that is meant to leave at 10:15hrs but this needs checking. From the monastery you will see a wide moni-path going up via trees - this is worth a walk since after a few minutes you will come to a lovely little church which you cannot see from the main road.



Panaghia Kechrea Moni
Located to the east of Kechria Bay this is reachable either by a nice footpath from the beach or a very rough track which you have to get too from the Kastro dirt road - we have walked this track and it probably is only suitable for 4 wheel-drive.
This abandoned 15th Century Monastery is quite small but lovely to visit - situated deep in the forests the spot is really peacefull. The monstery is in good condition having been refurbished and you can look inside one of the original living quarters buildings to see how the monks used to live years ago. There is a really cool shady area with a table where you can sit and enjoy a peaceful snack and drink (there is no drinking water available at this monastery).


Panaghia Kounistra Moni
This monastery is reachable via a tarmac road from Troulos (walking this road is quite pleasant since it is quiet and scenic as it wanders through the forest however the end part is quite steep ) or you can of course have a nice walk up to it from across the hills via various tracks.
The monstery has a nice shaded area with picnic benches and is situated in a lovely setting. There is meant to be a taverna according to some guides but the only thing available we could find was a tap offering warm but drinkable spring water.

Churches

One thing that was perhaps a little unusual about the churches on Skiathos was that nearly all of them were open so that you could look inside. Also another feature was that many of them have a small living area which you can take a look at - these churches in some cases almost seemed to be mini-monsteries. Note these churches are not shown in any particular order but we have indicated where they are located.

Aghia Paraskevi - near Kolios	Aghia Eleni- near Koukounaries	Aghia Eleni	Aghii Apostoli - west of Evangelistria Moni
Aghii Apostoli	Aghii Apostoli	Aghii Theodhori - south of Kastro	Aghii Theodhori
Aghia Anastasia - South of Kastro	Aghia Anastasia	Aghia Anastasia	Aghia Anastasia
Aghios Athanasios	Aghios Georgios - east of Skiathos Town	Aghios Georgios	Aghios Nikolaos - Skiathos Town

Aghios Taxiarchis - Platanias Bay	Aghios Taxiarchis	Kastro - Aghia Marina	Kastro - Aghios Nikolaos
Kastro - Christos	Skiathos - Kastro Church	Panaghia Kardhasi - South of Kastro	Panaghia Kardhasi
Panaghia Kardhasi - courtyard	Panaghia Kardhasi -inside	Panaghia Kardhasi - second church	Panaghia Limnia - Skiathos Town
Pirghi - South of Kastro	Pirghi	Profitis Eliseos	Profitis Eliseos
Profitis Ilias	Profitis Ilias	Profitis Ilias	Skiathos Church
Skiathos Church	Skiathos Town Church	Taxiaraches - south of Avangelistra Moni	Tris Ierarches - Skiathos Town
Tris Ierarches	Zoodhochos Pigis - near Evangelistria Moni	Zoodhochos Pigis	Zoodhochos Pigis

Aghios Ioanis Krifos has a little bit of recent history - apparently during the second World War this remote and well hidden church was used for secretly teaching local Greek Island children their own native language - something the German invaders were trying to ban.
The church is located south west of Mikros Aselinos Beach on the coastal track - where the dirt track bends sharp left a path goes off on the right into the hillside. This delightful rocky path climbs fairly easily and the church is reached in around 6 or 7 minutes.

The following five photos are of Aghios Ioanis. This Skiathos church is located just south of Kastro. This is a particuarly nice area where you could easily stop for a picnic since it is well shaded and also there is drinking water available from a spring.

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