Publisher's Synopsis
Of course, Greece is a predominantly Orthodox Christian country, with its traditions deriving from the almost two-millennia history of the Orthodox Christian Church. However, Greece is also home to a large Roman Catholic community that has been present in Greece for centuries.
Catholic Archdioceses, monasteries, parish churches, chapels, in one of the bastions of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. A very little known side of Greece, which adds some important monuments and some interesting historical pages to this country's immense cultural richness.
Naxos, Tinos and Syros, three islands of the Cyclades, the Greek archipelago famous for its spectacular beaches, also offer testimonies of a little known historical period, connected with the crusades and the presence of the Catholic Church in the Eastern Mediterranean. Villages of a purely Catholic population, impressive Baroque cathedrals and hundreds of other churches, Catholic schools of international fame, testify to this cultural particularity of Greece.
