The Church of St. Simeon.

Among the old temples of Mytilini, who form a core radius of one hundred meters in the center of town. We do not know exactly when it was first built, but what is certain is that found in the sources of the early 18th century. Timatai in the name of St. Simeon the Stylite ex Mytilene, who spearheaded the restoration of icons in 843, after Iconoclasm. It is cruciform basilica with a dome registered, which is not eidilonetai externally. As with most royal of Lesvos, the loft spreads over the narthex, inbound and much of the two aisles of the church. The exquisite art carved reredos is perhaps the most distinctive and valuable feature. Xronologeitai in the early 19th century and is similar to the temples of the neighboring temples Sts Theodore and Holy Apostles. The document file Sts Theodore church, which closed the deal with the sculptor Stavros Xioti to build the temple there, relates that must be constructed like that of St. Simeon. The element leads us to conclude that the temple is here built by the same builder known. Derived from the old church, which was smaller in size, which created the need to complement with subsequent sections, lower quality. In the upper area of the lower thorax in relief scenes from the Old Testament and the Qaeda and the lives of saints, thematically or conceptually related to the overhead picture of the temple. This season and is similar aesthetic and other woodwork of the church: the altar and the ciborium of the pontifical throne, pulpit and canopy Epitafiou.Sto sanctuary survives very remarkable picture of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, in the year 1646. Characteristic of element is that Mary does not attend as usual sitting, but kneeling in front of the lectern, with her head in and stop nefseos with hands crossed in front of chest.