The Metropolis of Mytiline governs the has [[jurisdiction]] over an area ofislands in the northeastern Aegean Sea. The island of Mutiline is separated from the Turkish mainland by a narrow channel of the Mediterranean. Mytiline is most famous for an original [[icon]] painted by St. [[Apostle Luke|Luke the Evangelist]] and it is enshrined in the village and the [[Church of Agiassos|Church of ''Agiassos'']]. Mytiline is also famous for housing the relics of St. [[Theodore of Byzantium]] and more recently the Ss. [[Raphael, Nicholas and Irene]]. It also has taken on a greater significance for housing the [[Archangel Michael of Mantamados|Mantamados]] icon, one of only two "statue" icons in Orthodoxy and extremally wonder-working for the army, military and air-force.