In the centre of the village of Liopteri, there is one of the most beautiful architecturally speaking churches of Cyprus. It is dedicated to Panagia Eleousa and it is built in the shape of a single aisled Basilica with a dome. It is covered by a gabled and pointed roof.

It is said that it...

In Foinikaria village, located in the Limassol district, east of Germasogeia dam, you will find the Church dedicated to the Panagia Chryseleousa. It is triple-aisled basilica bearing pointed vaults and covered with tiles.

It is built with local stone in 1835. The bell tower is incorporate...

Among the ruins of the old village in Agios Constantinos in the Limassol district, there is a small chapel dedicated to the Panagia Eleousa. It is a single-aisled basilica bearing a pitched tiled and pointed roof. It is covered with a type of flat tiles, which were constructed in a contemporary p...

On the plain that "stretched" between the villages of Eptagonia and Akapnou, an ancient faucet still gives water. It is the fountain of "Panagia tou Kampou” (Our Lady of Campos). Unfit for human consumption anymore, the water continues to flow and connects to that of the Vasiliko river, which sti...

Among the villages of Akapnou and Eptagonia there is a site called "Agiochoma". It is a religious site and has cult character. It is situated 100 meters west of the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Kampos, in the direction of Eptagonia on the south shore of the tributary of Vasiliko. Once, there w...

In the abandoned settlement of Parsata found in the periphery of the village of Ora in the mountain area of Larnaca, there is a small Church dedicated to Panagia Odigitria (Our Lady the Guide).

It is a single aisled Basilica with a gabled, vaulted roof. It is built out of concrete. The tw...

The Holy Monastery of Panagia Amasgous is the name of the female Monastery dedicated to Our Lady and it is found 1 to 1,5 kilometres southwest of the village of Monagri, in the district of Limassol.

As strange as the name of the Monastery may sound to you, even though it is unique for Cyp...

During the whole duration of the Ottoman Empire, the Christian Churches are constantly raided by the Ottoman occupiers. Nevertheless there were periods of time where the catastrophical rage of these people towards anything Christian was transformed into a real persecution. The destroyed Churches,...

East of the Vasiliko confluent, at “argaki tis Rigenas”, at a distance of 4 kilometres from the big village of Eptagonia, you will find Akapnou. It is a village in which there are only 20 settlers.

It is built on the slopes of a hill dominating over the big field that extends until Eptago...

In the olden days, there was a ship carrying the Queen of Egypt to Cyprus, looking for a doctor that would cure her from continuous bleeding that tortured her and it embarked on the shores of Larnaca.

The Queen along with her men, moved forward to the city and they reached the location wh...

It was the beginning of the 12th century, when a boat coming from Syria approached the shores of Cyprus carrying the Emir of the country and his daughter who was born blind, to visit competent doctors to cure her. Upon arriving at the sea area east of the Amathounta Kingdom, the daughter had a vi...

East of the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis (the Illuminator), in the village of Marathasa, Kalopanagiotis, the chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary is built on the slope of the bed of a tributary of Setrachos.

It is built in the 12th century simultaneously with the Monastery of Agi...

Ten kilometres northeast of the village of Panagia, Paphos, within the forest of Emnon, there is a small chapel dedicated to Agios Georgios. From the name of the forest surrounding the chapel, the Saint was named Agios Georgios Emnon.

It is a single-aisled basilica that has a wooden gable...

The location of “Dichaloi” is found left of the road of Panagia towards Koilada ton Kedron (the Valley of the Cedrus trees).  It is a location where there are many water springs that are being used to irrigate the communities nearby.

An artificial water tap constructed in 1981, a woo...

In the area where today the village Kouklia is found, in the district of Paphos, the ancient town with the name “Palaipaphos” was built. On a hill that dominated the area with a smooth view on the Mediterranean sea, the biggest and most fine Temple dedicated to the Cypriot Goddess of love and bea...

On the borders of the two districts of Larnaca and Limassol, you will find the village of Vasa. There is another village having the same name in the district of Limassol, so its residents called it “Vasa Kellakiou” in order to avoid confusion. Kellaki is the main village in this area.

The...

In the same field where thousands of years ago Goddess Aphrodite was hosted and after Rigaina, the mysterious and legendary Queen of Cyprus, there is also a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady. This chapel is called “ekklisia tis Panagias tou Kampou” (the church of Our Lady of the field).

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One of the most famous and favourite Monasteries in Cyprus, is the Monastery of Panagia Trooditissa. It is found northwest of the village of Platres, in a green forest. It is a male monastery and its doors are always open for worshippers.

The Monastery was built during the 10th century, a...

The path of Panagia tou Araka - Stavros tou Agiasmati, has its starting point at the Medieval Monastery of Panagia tou Araka, from the point where the giant oak is found, and it has its end at 8 kilometres east, where another Medieval Monastery, Stavros tou Agiasmati is found.

It is a ver...

The Holy Monastery of Panagia tou Araka is found on the northwest side of the village of Lagoudera, on a road that takes you to the nearby village, Saranti. It is a construction of the 12th century and it belongs to the single aisled Churches with a dome.

The Church is covered with a gabl...

The Holy Monastery of Panagia tou Kykkou is found on one of the highest mountain peaks of the mountains of Kykkos, in the forest of Troodos. It is a male monastery that was founded after a series of miracles that concerned Byzantine masters of Cyprus, as well as the Emperor Alexios Komninos himse...

In the village of Nicosia, Mitsero, there is a small chapel dedicated to Panagia Lampadiotissa. It is a single aisled basilica and it has a tiled roof. It was built by residents of the village, after a certain vision. It is said that as he was asleep, a man had a vision that someone pushed him to...

The small chapel “Panagia ton Ampelion” (Our Lady of the Vines) or “Panagia Aimatousa” (Our bleeding Lady) is found northwest of the village of Aradippou. It is an old construction, whose history reaches the years of the Saracens and the crusades they made in the area.

It was built on the...

A small chapel on the north of the village of Vavla is dedicated to Panagia tis Agapis (Our Lady of Love). It is the only church in Cyprus as well as in the entire world that exists with this name.

It is built 3 kilometres away from the village and on the east side of the river of Agios M...

The picnic area of Panagia Valana is found on the peak of the hill of Valana, north of the village of Lania. Between the two Churches dedicated to Panagia Valana, under the shade of the pine and cypress trees, there are a few picnic benches, a grill for food preparation, a tap with potable water ...

One of the 4 churches that are found in the village of Lania, in the district of Limassol, is dedicated to Panagia Valana. This church is found on the peak of the hill “Valana” that is part of the Zalaki mountain, and it is part of the mountain peaks of Troodos.

On the south of the hill V...

The village of Arakapas is a village of the Limassol district and it is found west of the village of Eptagonia. It is built on the shores of the Amathos river, in a valley that is surrounded by high mountain peaks.

The mild climate as well as the land’s fertility help the production of th...

At the east entrance to the village of Arakapas, belonging to the Limassol district, the Church that was once part of the Monastery of Panagia tis Iamatikis, is found, and it is the only part that still remains from it today.

The construction of the small Church was done after a miracle p...

The Holy Church of Panagia Iamatikis is found in the village of Arakapas, in the Limassol district. Upon entering the village from the east side, after you pass the bridge that is found at the river amathos, you will see the old church of Panagia tis Iamatikis inside the cemetery, on your right a...

The church dedicated to Our Lady is built from the 7th century in the field found west of the village of Choirokoitia, in the “shadow” of the “hill of the Franks”. In that very same field, the deadly battle between the invading army of the Mameluks and the army of the king of Cyprus, Ianos, resul...

On the south exit of the village of Vouni in Limassol, at a distance of a kilometre, going to Limassol itself, on the peak of the mountain found on the opposite side of the village, a Church of Panagia Peravouniotissa is found.

It has the form of a single-aisled Basilica and it is built o...

The female Monastery of Zoodochou Pigis or as it is better known “Panagia Glossa”, is found as you leave the village of Kellaki belonging to the Limassol district, in the direction of the village of Sanida. From the entrance of the Kellaki village, where you can find the community park and the we...

During the Byzantine period, a sanctuary was found a little bit out of the village of Nikitari by people from a Peloponnesian area called Asini. The area they chose to build their settlement was found between among a narrow valley that was covered by pine forests. The valley was penetrated by a s...

It is a very beautiful Holy Church, following Byzantine style, dedicated to Panagia Eleousa, and is found northwest of the village of Tersefanou.

It is built on a beautiful, typically Cypriot landscape, and in a location where you can get a view without obstacles covering many kilometres ...

South of the Mazotos village of Larnaca, on a small hill next to the shore, where in the ancient times was the famous Temple dedicated to the Goddess of beauty, the Cypriot Aphrodite, there is a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady. It was called “Panagia Petounta” because, as the settlers say, Our...

In the village of Agia Anna, found in Larnaca, a chapel dedicated to Panagia Eleousa is found built. You will find it a little bit outside of the village, on the road towards the Psevdas village, on the right side of it, on the peak of a small hill, before the community football field.

Th...

On the way from Pyrga to Kavdia there is a wonderful Glebe. It is a Church dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi (Life-giving Spring), that is, Our Lady. After the miracle performed during the Latin occupation, when a woman that suffered from hemorrhage, after having asked help from Our Lady, was cured aft...

On a small hill, next to the Bishopric of Trimithounta in Mosfiloti, at a hundred metres before the Monastery of Agia Thekli, the chapel of Agia Paraskevi is found. The chapel is dedicated to Panagia Eleftherotria (Our Lady the Liberator) as well. It a small, cruciform and clearly of Byzantine st...

During the middle ages, and in the beginning of the 15th century, settlers of the byzantine settlement of Aglantzia, dug into a rock and created a church.  They dedicated it to Panagia Theotokos Glykofilousa.

A lot later, in the beginnings of the 20th century, some believer from the ...

Kalavasos is found at about forty kilometres southwest of the city of Larnaca. It is built on the western shore that was formed by the Vasilikos river, and it dominates the valley of the river. A valley that is green and has orange trees as well as other citrus trees and wild vegetation. Due to t...

In the centre of the Kalavasos village, in the same surrounding space with the Livereio elementary school, inside the narrow stone built streets, the church of Panagia tis Titiotissas or Panagia Theotokos is built.

The name of “Titiotissa” came from the Tetios river, that was renamed to V...

The chapel of Panagia Eleousa is built in the centre of the Turkish Cypriot village, Kivisili.

The village was not settled by Christians, so they came from the closest village every Sunday to perform the liturgy.  During the rest of the days, the candles were lit by the Muslim reside...

The church that is dedicated to Panagia Odigitria in Skarinou was grounded in 1950 and after 3 years of hard work by the settlers of the village, it was inaugurated for the first time. It is a big Church and about 500 believers can go to worship simultaneously.

In the progressive communit...

Skarinou is built at about 190 metres from the sea level, and on the mountain slopes that characterise the area and consist of a kind of stone that is unique in Cyprus. On the south of the village, there is an intercity motorway that joins the districts of Larnaca, Nicosia and Limassol.

T...

In a central area of the Sia village, a church in the name of Panagia Chryseleousa is built. The church has been built in 1756 and in 1886 it has been extended to be in the state it is found today. It can receive up to 200 believers.

The church of the outside is built of stone and it is p...

Panagia tis Galaktotrofousas’ Holy Monastery, is another female monastery of the Church of Cyprus.

In order to find it, you should take the old road from Nicosia to Limassol. At the beginning of the slope of Kakoratzia, you should follow the exit on the right. By passing under the motorwa...

Vavla, the village found on the highlands of Larnaka, is built at a height of 450 metres from the sea level and its houses are placed on a steep slope of the mountain, something that makes you see this village from far and think that the houses are built on each other.

All the houses are ...