Many of the churches in the villages of Samos were built in the 19th and 20th centuries, when narrrow streets were already occupied by houses and other buildings. They therefore had to be designed to fit small areas and have relatively small churchyards. This often makes the buildings themselves difficult to view as a whole, and even nore difficult to photograph, surrounded as they are by houses, trees, cars and street architecture (street lamps, etc.).

As mentioned on the previous page, there is very little information available about many of the churches of Samos, even at the villages at which they are located.

There are two websites covering churches in Samos:

The Orthodox World, www.orthodox-world.org (in English), has basic information about Orthodox churches, chapels, monasteries and related institutions worldwide, including 5172 in Greece. Of the 135 buildings in Samos, 3 are in Vathy, 11 in Karlovasi, 1 in Kokkari and 3 in Chora. Currently the information is limited to the archdiocese and diocese to which they belong, the name of the local priest, the postcode and telephone number.

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