In 2006, Captain Eleftherios Polemis bought the field which included the ruins of the monastery. He and his family renovated the buildings around the church and did maintenance work inside the church, remaining true to the previous architectural form. The renovation took 10 years to be carried out.
Nowadays, despite the fact that the monastery doesn’t function as a nunnery, it plays a big role in the community. It holds summer camps for children, many of whom are orphans. Furthermore, throughout the whole year it houses the following exhibitions:
- History of writing (Kairis Collection)
- Traditional musical instruments
- Collection of stones, minerals & fossils (Spiros Mpellas collection)
- Elli Mandaraka - Stamatiadou & Flora of Andros
- Blacksmith’s tools
The Monastery is open every day from 10:00 – 17:00 and 10:00 – 18:00 during summertime, including Sundays and celebration days. Celebrates in 5th of May (saint Irene the Great Martyr) and 28th of July (saint Irene, abbess of Chrisovalantou Monastery, in Constantinople)
