Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - one of the Painted Churches of the Troödos Region |
10 old Byzantine churches in the Troödos Mountains have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List |
Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - Kalopanagiotis, dedicated to the 1st Bishop of Cyprus, St. Irakleidios |
Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - Baptism of St Barnabus mural with Sts Mark, Herakleides and Paul |
World Heritage Site - Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Information about the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Wooden steps leading to the tiny front entrance of the 11th-15th C. church |
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
The mostly 13th Century murals like these at Agios Ioannis Lambadistis are the reason for the World Heritage status |
Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - ceiling painted with the Virgin Mary and 8 saints |
Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - the eyes have been scratched out |
I guess given the history of trouble on Cyprus, we are lucky that the vandalism here is limited |
Murals of the Painted Church of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis - Troödos Mountains |
The Virgin Mary and Child enthroned, Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Well preserved ceiling murals of the Church of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
The central dome of Church of Agios Ioannis Lambadistis |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Church of Archangel Michael, founded 1474 |
Archangelos Church - part of the Painted Church of the Troödos Region World Heritage Site |
Information about Archangelos Michail Church, Pedoulas |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Mural of the Virgin Mary - Archangelos Church |
Mural of the Archangel Michael in his namesake church, Archangelos |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Archangelos Michail Church - The Baptism of Christ |
Archangelos Michail Church - The Baptism of Christ |
Archangelos Michail Church - The Betrayal of Christ |
Archangelos Michail Church - The Betrayal of Christ |
Archangelos Michail Church - Pedoulas |
Archangelos Michail Church - Descent from the Cross |
St. Constantine, the first Christian Emperor and his mother St. Helena, who brought many Christian relics to Cyprus |
Church of Agios Nikolaos, the third of the Painted Churches of the Troödos Mountains that I visited |
Agios Nikolaos Church, Kakopetria, Cyprus |
Agios Nikolaos tis Steyis (Saint Nicholas of the Roof) - UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Information about the Church of St. Nikolaos tis Steyis |
Agios Nikolaos tis Steyis (Saint Nicholas of the Roof) |
Ayios Nikolaos tis Steyis, 11th C. |
Agios Nikolaos tis Steyis (Saint Nicholas of the Roof) |
Agios Nikolaos - vaulted cruciform style church |
11th C. Agios Nikolaos mural - the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste |