Agios Georgios Selinari, Orthodox monastery in Selinari Gorge, Greece

Agios Georgios Selinari is a monastery set within a gorge on Crete, spread across two levels with multiple places of worship. The main chapel honors Saint George, while additional churches are dedicated to the Epiphany and the Resurrection of Christ.

The old church dates from the 16th century and was the catholicon of an earlier monastery, dissolved and abandoned in the 19th century. Tradition holds that in 1522 three brothers from Rhodes took refuge here; one, Nikolaos, became a monk, saw a light on the opposite slope, found an icon of Saint George and began building a church. Monks lived in cells here until the 19th century. The modern monastery was founded in 1961.

Travelers on the road between Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos stop at the monastery to light candles and receive protection for their journey.

The monastery is an active religious center that opens to visitors during daylight hours. It sits on the road between Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos, making it a convenient stop for travelers passing through the region.

The old church's icon stand, or agiothyrido, was brought here from another church and carries the date 1813. The church itself has two doorways, on the south and west facades, and a single window. Monks of the community include Archbishop Eugenios of Crete and Metropolitan Iov of Pisidia.