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AGII DEKA IN CRETE
Agii Deka is a not unattractive little village with friendly people. It's situated on the north side of the Messara Plain, close the the ancient town of Gortys, and about 15 kilometers east of the bigger village of Mires. The village is named after the ten early Christian Cretans that were martyred here on the 23rd of December 250 AD, for their opposition to the Roman emperor Decius. The 13th-century Byzantine church of the same name was built on the spot where the ten martyrs were decapitated. In the nave of the church is an icon portraying the martyrdom of the saints and the block on which they were beheaded.
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