''Cretica Chronica'' or ''Kretika Chronika'' (; Cretan annals) is a

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published annually by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies () on the history, archaeology, culture, and folklore of the island of

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. The journal was established in 1947, and is published in

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, Greece. The current

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is Alexis Kalokerinos. Articles are published in English, French, German, Greek, or Italian. Andreas G. Kalokerinos served as Chronica's editor-in-chief from its inception until 1973, for a total of 25 volumes. Two further volumes were published in 1986 and 1987 by Crete University Press, and two more in 1988–1990 by the Vikelaia Municipal Library of

, along with a volume of indices in 1994. The journal was revived in 2011, publishing one issue per year, with publication undertaken by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies.

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* in English
Digitized versions of the first 14 volumes, 1947–1960
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