Although less impressive architecturally than most, this church is among the most rewarding. It’s spectacularly located within a cliff face, halfway up a sheer rock pinnacle 4km west of Megab. The first 45 minutes of the climb is mildly challenging, with a couple of tricky sheer sections requiring toehold action. The last two minutes require nerves of steel. Even if you can’t make the final scramble and precarious ledge walk over a 200m drop, it’s still worth getting that far as the views from the baptism chamber are astounding. Inside are beautiful and well-preserved frescoes that adorn two cupolas, while the bones of monks from the open-air tombs lie around.
