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The administrative offices of the Church of Kefalonia are located in a lovely neoclassical building. The structure also serves as the metropolitan’s quarters. The new Cathedral was built in 1957 at Ve ...

A 13th century monastery overlooking Lourdas bay, the Virgin Mary at Sissia is believed to have been founded by St. Francis of Assisi as a Catholic monastic establishment, only to be converted to the ...

The Church of the Virgin Mary at Drapano lies adjacent to the Drapano Municipal Cemetery, and is known for its impressive reredos which showcases icons from prominent artists and iconographers.

The monastery of the Virgin Mary Kipouria was founded in 1750. The name Kipouria comes from the Greek word for gardens, and was given to reference the many orchards and gardens cultivated by the monks ...

This convent is the unofficial center of religious life on the island as the convent is attached to a spacious church dedicated to Kefalonia’s patron saint, St. Gerasimos. Accounts of his life revere ...

Originally established in Byzantine times, the convent was restored in 1579 when three spiritual sisters purchased the land where the chapel of the Apostle once stood and converted it into a convent. ...

The church of St. Nicholas is of Catholic denomination, and is located on Lithostroto avenue. Behind the church proper, a small exhibit put together by the Greek-Italian association of Kefalonia and I ...