Kyra Panagia has belonged to the Athonite monastery of Megisti Lavra since it was granted the island by the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas in 963. There is a monastery renovated in 2017 after 8 years of work and inhabited by a single monk, on the east coast of the island. , the resident population of the island was 2.
Kyra Panagia has been a member of the Athonite monastery of Megisti Lavra since it was given the island by Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas in 963. There is a renovated monastery from 2017 after eight years of construction and inhabited by one monk, on the eastern coast of the island. The current population of the island is two.