Some have become destinations for pilgrimages while others carry on the spiritual tradions of long ago. It is an important spiritual center on the island with a museum, a library and social services.
Overnight stays are possible.
They have a festival here celebrating Ag. Ignatious on the second weekend of October. A modern day phenomenon is the developing Monastery of Agiou Raphael in Thermi. People come from all over Greece to the shrine of the Newly Sanctified Martyrs of Raphael, the Father Superior of the destroyed monastery, of Nikolas, the deacon, and the young Irene, all three of whom died as martyrs at the hands of the Turks in 1463. A miracle was responsible for the discovery of the bodies of the saints, by Angelos Rallis, who donated the land for the monastery.