HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGThe house was built in 1936 by Captain Panagos Pateras, a shipowner from the prominent patrilineal Pateras family of Oinousses. Captain Panagos was married to Katingo Laimou, daughter of Demetrios, a descendant of the Laimou family, the second most important patrilineal family of Oinousses.Together with their children, Kalliopi and Diamantis, they built the Monastery of Oinousses, Evangelism of the Mother of God, in 1965 in memory of their deceased daughter, Irene Laimou. Katingo Laimou became the abbess, and Captain Panagos died as a monk. A small shrine was also built in the house, with its iconography created by the renowned iconographer Fotis Kontoglou, who contributed artistic touches to various parts of the house.Captain Panagos, together with his brothers Captain Giannis, Nikolaos, and Stefanos Pateras, built the Oinousses Boarding School and the Oinousses School, which are still maintained today by foundations established for this purpose by Captain Giannis Pateras, a national benefactor.The family built the house and spent their summers there until Captain Panagos and Katingo Pateras retired from public life. He became Monk Xenophon, and she became Abbess Maria Myrtidiotissa at the Monastery of Oinousses.The architecture of the house was unique, designed by the well-known architect Yannis Koutsis, and it remains a jewel of the island to this day. Its location makes it visible to everyone, and even those on pleasure boats docking at the pier in front of the house express admiration. The house is well known throughout the shipping world as the home of Captain Panagos.Visitors to the island often ask about the owner of the house and express admiration and emotion upon learning that its former owners were Elder Maria Myrtidiotissa and Monk Xenophon, who donated their boats for the construction of the island’s monastery, where they lived from 1965 until the end of their lives.In 2007, the mansion was purchased by the grandson of the Elder, Father Ioannis Diamantis. In 2009, he began renovating it, restoring it to its former form while preserving its historical elements, including the marble winding staircases and the well-kept courtyard, and converting it into a three-star hotel. The renovation, completed in 2019, brought back memories of the island’s prosperous shipping era. Since 2018, it has operated as a small hotel, serving groups of tourists and professionals visiting the island.