A great feast and a great story told in icons and frescoes.
Where the devil says kalinichta
Notes from an island that dislikes simple answers. Frescoes, monasteries, shrubs, dragons, and the rest of the Cretan chaos.
A Subjective List of Infuriating ThingsAug 9, 2025
What annoys me, irritates me, and makes me laugh. Zero pomp, lots of side-eye.
Maza, Church of Saint NicholasAug 8, 2025
Small, beautiful, and wrapped in local legend.
Crete keeps shaking — and not just recently.Jun 3, 2025
The birth of a new island on an old map.
The story of one church from Giuseppe Gerola’s monumental catalog.
Churches, Eyes, and Alexis ZorbasMar 23, 2025
The Cretan mindset, or: Love me, darling – and later I’ll be your aunt again.
Forgotten HeroinesMar 9, 2025
Women of the Cretan resistance during the Second World War.
Seraphim and Cherubim in Cretan IconographyJan 14, 2025
Heavenly beings in the churches of Crete and why their presence is so rare and exceptional.