History
Sifnos is the Cyclades important commercial center from the early 17th century. At the time this appears in Sifnos a dynamic personality Vassilis Logothetis, who affects and elevates the political, religious and spiritual course of the island. Fosters economic progress in Sifnos and finances the construction of the monastery of Panagia Vrissiani. In 1686 the church of Jerusalem grants the dependency of the Holy Sepulchre in Sifnos which are currently the two churches of St. John the Baptist and Martyr Stefan in Castle.