In the historical center and right underneath the Frankish castle, is located the impressive church of Ipapanti (Presentation of Virgin Mary). The square of the area that is also used as a parking space bears the same name.
It is a special building in the city, founded on 25 January 1860. The iconostasis of the church has the miraculous icon of the Presentation of Mary, who is the patron of the city, and of the whole Messinia prefecture. According to tradition, the icon was found in a stable, after a vision of a stable boy. The most weird thing is that the icon was burnt from behind but the front of the icon was intact.
Since 1889 and every year the procession of the icon is performed through the streets of the city.