Religious site

Agios Myron

📍 Heraklion, Crete

Agios Myron—Άγιος Μύρων—carries the name of Saint Myron of Crete, a Wonderworker believed to have been born here as well, in the ancient place-name of Ραύκος (Raukos), and later becoming a bishop of Gortyna (c. 250–350). The first written attestation of “Agios Myron” appears in a contract from 1281, when the settlement’s identity is already tied to the saint. Before the Christian name took hold, the area has evidence of deep settlement: archaeological finds in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion date back to around 1900 BCE, and a chamber tomb from the Late Minoan IIIa period was discovered in 1941. The village was home to 70 families in 1837—3 of them Muslim—and it was known for wine. After an earthquake destroyed the settlement in 1856, the community was completely rebuilt. …
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