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'''Panagia Myrtidiotissa' is the protectres of the Kythirians. The tradition of the Holy [[icon ]] of [[Panagia Myrtidiotissa]] (''The Virgin of the Myrtle Tree'') says that a shepherd saw in his sleep an angel. The angel was pointing to an area of Kythira where the shepherd would take his sheep to graze. In this vision with the angel, the shepherd saw the icon of the ''Virgin Mary'' lying amongst the Myrtle bushes. The shepherd awoke from the vision and in the morning went to that location to find the icon. As per his vision, the icon was lying amongst the myrtles. The shepherd took the icon home with him only to find the next day that the icon had gone missing. When he went to look for her, he found by the icon amongst the myrtle bushes again. In honour of this miracle, the shepherd built a sheperd small church to house the icon. This whole story occured sometime in c. 1160. A monastery  Today, this little chapel remains as it was, however, a larger temple has been founded built above the church sometime in that exact location the 19th century. The temple is surrounded by many monastic cells and this monastery is the icon largest in this Metropolis. The monastery celebrates on [[September 24]] and monastery celebrate [[August 15]].