Katholiko monastery is located at the mountainous area Arkoudovounia, 20km east of Chania, near the northern shores of Cape Akrotiri or Meleha. It is located inside the gorge Avlaki, at a short distance from the sea. The monastery complex was founded at the site of the cave where Saint John the Hermit or Xenos died during the 11th century. At the exit of the gorge to the sea there is a large rock

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