Carrying on from Apoikia the road leads to the Monastery Agios Nikolaos which overlooks the Ahla valley.
According to tradition it was built in the 8th century although it is not mentioned in the history books until the 14th century.
There are wonderful frescoes in the monastery and a superb wooden screen. The Byzantine icon of Panagia Blachernon , donated by the Monastery in Constantinople of the same name , is still kept here.
Also the icon of Ag. Nikolaos which was made by the nun Leondia by weaving hair from her own head. It is the most active monastery on the island.
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