A Greek island has 1,000 private chapels. Families maintain them for faith and community

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Bernadette Foskolos cleans her Agios Athanasios family-owned chapel at the village of Steni, on the island of Tinos, Greece, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Bernadette Foskolos cleans her Agios Athanasios family-owned chapel at the village of Steni, on the island of Tinos, Greece, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A family-owned chapel on the island of Tinos, Greece, with the isle of Planitis in the background, is seen on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A family-owned chapel on the island of Tinos, Greece, with the isle of Planitis in the background, is seen on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Worshippers make the Sign of the Cross during a liturgy at the family-owned Agios Sostis chapel on the island of Tinos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Worshippers make the Sign of the Cross during a liturgy at the family-owned Agios Sostis chapel on the island of Tinos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Family-owned chapels stand on the Aegean Sea island of Tinos, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Family-owned chapels stand on the Aegean Sea island of Tinos, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Giannis Kafantaris 26, reads a book outside Panagia Theoskespasti, the chapel his family co-owns near the village of Falatados, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Giannis Kafantaris 26, reads a book outside Panagia Theoskespasti, the chapel his family co-owns near the village of Falatados, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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