Saint Panteleimonas is a small uninhabited village outside Chandras in Sitia, Crete. It is situated on a hill overlooking the Armenochandrades plateau and was named after the church located near the village’s entrance. It is unknown when the church was built. 

Saint Panteleimonas was entirely deserted by the 1970s. The last residents were three sisters: Anna, Venetia and Evangelia Petichaki who lived most of their lives in Egypt. They returned to their birthplace with a significant holding and they renovated the church. They were considered the last “guardians” of the village.

Life in Saint Panteleimonas was not easy, as it had no natural source of water. The whole village was supplied with water from a single well. Inhabitants were pumping out water and carrying it to their houses with buckets and other canisters. In addition, there was no school in the village. Children had to walk to Chandras in order to attend school.

Olive trees, grain and vines were the main crops cultivated by the residents. The land was fertile and its produce famous across the nearby villages. Some olive tree and vine cultivations are well preserved until today, while fig trees, prickly pears and fennel are nowadays the only residents of the settlement, enjoying the nice breeze at 615m of altitude.