The church of Saint John Chrysostom at Kapsali was a dependency (metochi) of the Holy Monastery of the Virgin Chozoviotissa. A single-aisle, vaulted-roof church of small dimensions, it was built most probably in the late fourteenth-fifteenth century in an olive grove of the monastery, together with a two-storey cell. The surviving date ‘1778’ likely refers to the last building intervention in the church. Notable mural decoration is preserved in the interior. The earliest representations are dated to the late fourteenth century, while the majority of the wall-paintings to the late seventeenth/early eighteenth century and are attributed to a painter of the Cretan School. To the north of the ruined cell and the church is the so-called Asketario (hermitage), a cave-like cell. The monument as a whole had serious structural and static problems, the wall-paintings were damaged and the outbuildings and Asketario were in ruinous state. The project for the restoration and enhancement of the complex was sponsored completely by the Non-profit Civil Company AEGEAS, under the supervision of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades. It involved works to reinforce the load-bearing structure of the church, the replacement of its roof, the construction of a drainage system, the restoration of the floor, the construction of new door and window frames, the conservation of the wall-paintings and the installation of a new wood-carved iconostasis.
