Religious tourism

The monuments of the Greek Orthodox religion are an integral part of the national heritage and attract a considerable number of visitors. The Byzantine and Post-Byzantine churches with their important iconography, mosaics, murals and rare icons, the imposing cathedrals, the chapels and shrines of the countryside, the monasteries, metochia (monastic dependencies) and sketae, the unique monastic state of Mount Athos (Aghio Oros) and the Meteora monasteries (Thessaly) speak for the intense dedication to our traditions and the close interconnection of art with religious worship through the centuries. In many regions of the country the visitor also has the opportunity to come across buildings and places of worship belonging to other doctrines and religions which co-exist in a continuous dialogue promoting the rare historic and cultural palimpsest of Greece.

Indicative list of religious monuments

“In the steps of Paul the Apostle in Greece” (NOT AVAILABLE)
(published by the Greek National Tourist Organization – 2003)