<The village of Agia Paraskevi on Crete - the Byzantine Agia Paraskevi and the Panagia church
There are several villages called Agia Paraskevi on the island of Crete. The village pictured here is situated in the south of the Rethymnon district and can be reached via a junction between Agia Galini and Timbaki.
The village has about 125 inhabitants and is close to the villages of Apodoulou and Agios Ioannis Kourites.
Not far from this village, about 25 kilometers away near Triopetra beach, is another village with the same name.
In the village there are four churches. The large Agios Stylianos church with its bell tower is situated at the top in the south of the village and on the edge of the village in the south is a small white church. These two churches are from a later date.
In the center of the village there are two Byzantine churches: the Agia Paraskevi church and the Panagia church. The Agia Paraskevi church, which stands along the main road that runs through the village, consists of two houses. In the wall a stone can be seen that appears to have come from a previous church. On the inside of the church there are no frescoes to be seen and the walls are painted white. The Panagia church is in the middle of the village. It is a small church with well-preserved frescoes. On one of the frescoes the people who donated the church to the village are depicted, a priest and a woman.