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| PANAGHIA MYRTIDIOTISSA (MADONNA) |
 The protector of Kytherians. The monastery lies in western Kythera. Ambience that charms you. You feel a holy force transmitting love, calm and humility. The fable says that a shepherd saw in his sleep an angel indicating a point in the region that he had his sheeps. An icon of Madonna was lying in an myrtle. The shepherd woke up alarmed. In the morning he went and found the icon. He took the icon to his house in the neighbouring village Kakokairines. In the night the icon disappeared, it returned in the myrtle. The shepherd saw again the angel saying to him that the icon should have remained there near the myrtle. Thus shepherd built a small church close the myrtle. He put the icon into the church. Nowadays this small church, remains as it was. But above the church there is a big temple, built in the 19th century. The temple is surrounded by many cells. It is the greatest monastery of the island. Myrtidiotissa celebrates on the 24th of September. At the afternoon hours, visit the small church of Agios Nikolas Krassas in the near coast, to enjoy the view of the beautiful sunset. |
| The monastery is built in the region that Agia(=saint) Elessa martyred. Elessa was the daughter of Helladios, from Peloponnesus . She came in Kythera and cloister after her father did not accept her Christian faith. He chased her in the island and killed her in 375 A.C. in the region that the monastery is lying today. The temple was built in 1871. The monastery has few cells. Agia Elessa is celebrated on the 1st of August. The view from this monastery is fantastic, especially at sunset, because it is built in one of the highest places in southern. By the mountain of Agia Elessa you can see the Melidoni beach and almost all the island. |
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 The monastery is built on a mountain in northern - eastern. The current temple was built in 1840, and is dedicated to Madonna. Kolokotronis had set in Madonna, that if the Greek revolution overcomes he will turn and help his reconstruction. By the mountain you can see Diakofti, Avlemonas and the coasts of Peloponnesus . The view of the island is exceptional. The monastery is visited by the faithfuls at summer who reside in the cells. The monastery celebrates the Saviour's day on 6 August.
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It is a monastery near Logothetianika and Aroniadika villages. It was built in a place where there was a temple of Agios Sergios and Agios Vacchos. There, Saint Theodoros, who is the protector of the island, cloistered in the 10th century A.C. Saint Theodoros was from Koroni (Mani) and came in the island from the Monemvasia to cloister. He stayed in the abandoned temple of Saint Sergios and Saint Vacchos for one year with only food carob-beans. He died probably in 922 A.C. His relic was found, not so alterated, by Monemvasians who inhumed it in the interior of the temple. Later the monastery was found there. In English domination a school was built next to the temple. It's worth visiting the monastery. It is a green-clad and quiet point. |
| SAINT GEORGIOS ON THE MOUNTAIN |
 A small church on the mountain is located between Agia Moni and Avlemonas. You can go there following the street of Diakofti. Around of the temple, after excavations,the archaeologists found a minoan temple and a lot of vessels and effigies. It's purpose was a small excursion to enjoy the view. |
| It lies in Livadi. In this church the oldest murals(hagiographies) of the island were rescued. Agios Andreas is one of the most important churches of Kythera. The building of temple is separated and it has very fussy architecture. The older layer of murals dates to the 12th - 13th century. |
It is a fourfold temple, constituting a cluster of four temples with single internal space. The sanctums are constituted by two alcoves. It is an architectural whim met only in Kythera. Three different layers of murals are rescued in the temple being more important the second one, which is a work of "Dimitrios the errant, humble, archdeacon from Monemvasia". Externally the temple is rich in bends and imposes to photography. |
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