The British and the nuns had a troublesome acquaintance during the early 19th century as the British seldom interrupted the divine services at the monastery. In the year 1832, the monastery’s beautiful frescoes were covered with asbestos by the British as a sign of their fury at constant non-abiding attitude of the monastery.
In this nunnery, a weekly Holy Mass takes place on Sunday, though solemn vigils are performed regularly. The nuns participate in making bishops' officiating robes, handicrafts and gardening. The celebrations at the nunnery take place on the Friday after Easter and on the feast day of Saint Apostle Andrew on the 30th of November.
The monastery has an associated church located in the old Katholikon of the nunnery and is the only building surviving from the monstrous earthquake of 1953. The major attraction in the 1988 established museum by the then Metropolite Spyridon are the Holy remains of the right foot (sole) of Apostle Andrew. The museum has treasures belonging to 1300-1900 AD and includes belongings from the abandoned churches of Kefalonia as well.
Some of the valuable treasures to be seen at the museum include: Agios Panagis or Priest Basia’s shirt; two handwritten epistles from Agios Kosmas Aetolos dated to 1777; the Archiepiscopal "sakkos" embroidered by the Nun Theodora Kanali from Metaxata in the years between 1715 and 1721; the hieratic sceptre and the Communion Cup (Pastoral Staff and Chalice) of his Holiness Nicodemos II Metaxas and Archbishop of Kefalonia, the founder of the first Greek printing press in Constantinople in the 17th century; and the Shroud of the National Martyr and Patriarch of Constantinople Gregorios the fifth.
Among other display pieces are wall paintings, icons and frescoes from the church of Milapedia. Of special mention is the painting of the nun Romila with her parents. Also on display are the handiworks of nun Romila, which are masterpieces because of the finely sewn golden embroidery.
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