Saint John monastery at Skouras

The deserted monastery of Saint John the Baptist ( Agios Ioannis ), celebrating on August 29th, is located at position Skouras above Elounda lagoon . The temple is a renovated single-aisled, arched basilica next to the ruins of the monk cells, a water cistern and a two-storey 19th century building with a stable on the ground floor.

The foundation of the monastery is dated before 1575. In 1617 it became a dependency of the nearby Areti monastery .