Ierapetra is located on the southeast coastline of Crete. It has 23.716 inhabitants living in the town and the villages and it covers 395km2, about 22% of the perfecture of Lasithi. It has been known since the antiquity under the names Kirva, Pytna, Kamiros and Ierapytna. One of the 22 cities in which Apostle Titus, following Apostle Paul's instructions, installed bishops in AD 68. According to an old tradition, St.Paul came himself and preached in the area named Fermon. Nowadays Ierapetra is a modern town of 12,500 inhabitants.