Greece is famous for its beautiful churches and monasteries and the island of Kefalonia - is no exception. One of the most famous religious temples of the island is considered to be the monastery of St. Andrew. It is located about 10 km from Argostoli, near the ruins of the castle of St. George and close to the village of Peratata.

According to some written sources, the holy abode was here in the Byzantine era. In 1579, three spiritual sisters Benedict Leondiya Magdalene and founded on the spot where once stood the Chapel of St. Andrew, a small convent. In the 1630s the Greek-Romanian princess Roxane donated to the renovation and expansion of the church a large sum of money, and later she became a nun of the monastery, renamed Romilly (picture, which depicts a nun with her parents, and today is kept in the monastery) . At the beginning of the 19th century, during the British rule, between the British and the nuns had a conflict. The service in the monastery for some time has been suspended, and the magnificent frescoes reliably for many years hidden under a thick layer of plaster.

In 1953 Kefalonia was badly damaged by the devastating earthquake. The Monastery of St. Andrew was virtually destroyed. The only building that survived - the main KATHOLIKON. Then, in the monastery church Sprinkle plaster, revealing a people great frescoes of the 13th century, representing a high artistic value. The monastery has been restored and is located in the old KATHOLIKON Byzantine Museum, which was founded in 1988 on the initiative of the bishop of Kefalonia. The museum's collection of relics dating from the years 1300-1900, many of which were collected from various churches of Kefalonia destroyed during an earthquake. Among the exhibits of the museum has a unique collection of Byzantine icons, various church utensils, vestments, manuscripts and more.

The main relic of the monastery is certainly the right foot of the Apostle Andrew.