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The '''Monastery of St. Nicholas''' in [[Metropolis of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea, and Milos‎|Andros]] iswas, according to tradition, built in the 8th-century though it is not mentioned in any historical books until the 14th-century. This monastery houses wonderful frescos and has an architecturly superb wooden screen. The Byzantine icon of [[Panagia Blachernitissa|Panagia Blachernae]]elaborate architectural structure, donated by including a bell tower and complex arches completed during the Monastery in Constantinople recent restoration of the same name, is still kept monastery in this monastery and is myrrh-bearing1760.

The monastery also houses the wonderful frescoes and an architecturally superb wooden screen. The Byzantine [[icon ]] of St. Nicholas[[Panagia Blachernitissa|Panagia Blachernae]], which was made donated in the 15th-century by a nun named Leondia; she weaved hair from her own head into this icon. According to the locals monastery in Constantinople of this Metropolisthe same name, this icon is the most active still kept in here, known in Greece as the entire Panagia of Andros, a miraculous myrrh-bearing and scented icon of the Virgin of the Root of Jesse.

==Icons==The Panagia of Andros (the "[[Root of Jesse]]") is an ancient and myrrh-streaming icon, always surrounded with a powerful sweet-spicy fragrance. Great wonders occur from this holy icon and myrrh streams from it endlessly. There are even reports that people have been resurrected from the dead through the miracle-working icon.  There is also an ancient icon of the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]] that has significantly changed its facial expression over the last few years. The authorship has turned exceedingly sorrowful and tears have been flowing from her eyes. In 1999, this icon cried unceasingly coinciding with the bombardment of Serbia at that time.  The monastery also houses the icon of St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]], and some of his [[relics]]; the icon was authored by a [[nun]] named Leondia who wove her own hair into the icon. According to the locals of this metropolis, this icon is the most active in the entire of Andros. ==Further reading==*"St. Nicholas Monastery and the Island of the Winds," by Mother Nectaria McLees, ''The Road to Emmaus'', issue #7, 2001, Journal Editor Mother Nectaria McLees. [http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/backissues2001.html]:''" ... If the Holy Mountain is the garden of the Mother of God, St. Nicholas Monastery is her backyard."''*''Evlogeite! A Pilgrim's Guide to Greece'', by Mother Nectaria McLees:A descriptive guide covering over 1,000 active monasteries and churches in Greece along with histories of numerous saints, wonderworking relics and icons, and the miracles associated with them. Includes several maps, photos, lives of saints with their dismissal hymns, several indices, a glossary, English-Greek phrase section and extensive bibliography. Paperback. 949pp. ISBN 978-0971636514 [[Category:Monasteries|Nicholas]][[Category:Greek Monasteries|Nicholas]]