🏛️ Attraction · Church
Shrine of Saint John the Russian
Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Ρώσος
🎟️ Free entry
Prokopi was settled in 1924 by Greek refugees from Cappadocia, who brought with them the relics of a Russian soldier taken prisoner by the Ottomans in the eighteenth century and venerated as a saint. The church built for him draws tens of thousands of pilgrims, many of them walking the last stretch, around his feast at the end of May. Outside those days it is quiet and the village, with its Victorian-era English estate, is worth a stop.
Where to stay nearby
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Tours, boat trips & tickets
Boat trips, guided tours of the ancient sites and tickets bookable ahead — free cancellation on most.
- The Dimosari gorgeAround ten kilometres downhill from the saddle below Mount Ochi to the sea, through plane trees and waterfalls. Arrange the taxi at the bottom first.See guided tours →
- A day out of AthensNo ferry needed: you drive over the bridge at Chalkida in about an hour and a quarter, and Eretria's excavations are an hour and a half from the Acropolis.See day trips →
- The springs at EdipsosA spa town since antiquity — Strabo and Plutarch wrote about it. Hot water still runs out of the rock into the sea, free to anyone who sits in it.See guided tours →
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Frequently asked
Where is Shrine of Saint John the Russian?
Shrine of Saint John the Russian is in Prokopi, Evia, Greece. The map on this page shows the exact spot.
Is there an entry fee at Shrine of Saint John the Russian?
No — entry is free.
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