One of the more fascinating aspects of Capadoccia is of course the cave churches, and when I say cave churches,  you should not think primitive.  I mean elaborately carved, painted, decorated churches in caves. This practice of course began when the church had to go underground quite literally due to persecution but it continued thereafter into modernity.  Here are some of my pictures of these cave churches, mostly from the high Byzantine period.  As you would expect, what you find is the saints honored by the Orthodox tradition, as well as various Biblical figures. One of the more interesting aspects of the whole thing is the way John the Baptist (complete with wings since he is the angellos or messenger who came before the face of the Lord) is treated as a Christian saint.