Above Nimfes, it is one of the oldest Christian monuments on the island. In the early years of Christianity the Epirot hermit, Artemios Paisios, is said to have lived in solitude amongst the rocks. One day he saw a boat sailing from the far shore and had a premonition that his parents were coming to fetch him back. Since he did not want to give up his life as a hermit, he dug a grave and lay down in it. At that moment a boulder rolled down from the rocks and closed the grave forever. When his parents reached it and realised what had happened, they tried to open the grave, but as they beat upon the rock, it ignited. Thus they abandoned their efforts and, accepting the wishes of their son, they built, and themselves occupied, the Monastery of Sotira.
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