Mama Mia Church I Agios Ioannis Skopelos Greece 4K I Αι Γιάννης Καστρί, Σκόπελος

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198 steps carved into the rock lead to the chapel!

The church of Agios Ioannis Kastri in Skopelos, where scenes of Mamma Mia were filmed. The small church of Agios Ioannis is located in the region of Kastri, about 7 km east of Glossa, northern Skopelos. This lovely church stands on top of a rock and provides amazing view to the coasts of Skopelos and to Alonissos.

Local history says that a resident saw a glow on the top of the rock one evening; at first he did not give particular significance to this but it was repeated many times, and then in a dream he saw a woman who told him to go to the top of the rock with the other residents and search for an icon there. Next day the whole community of the island went there and he related what had happened. Then they all began to carve steps into the rock to the top. Once there, they found the icon of Agios Ioannis (Saint John), which was transported to a nearby chapel. The next day they discovered that the icon was not in the church, but back where it had originally been found. They decided to build a chapel on the site to house the icon, because they believed that the Saint wished to be there.