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It is at the center of Mytilene opposite the Church of Agios Therapon and opened in 1978.

It houses significant ecclesiastical objects from the Byzantine and post - Byzantine era.

Among its exhibits are valuable icons, sacerdotal vestments, fretwork ecclesiastical items, rare manuscripts and missals.

The collection of the holy icons covers the period from the 13th to the19th centuries.

Extremely impressive are three artistic icons of large dimensions, painted by unknown hagiographers, those of Pantocrator ( Jesus Christ ), of Ayios Ioannis Theologos ( Saint John the Theologian ) and of Ayios Georgios ( Saint George ).