Cyprus is overflowing with churches, monasteries, and chapels. I visited the Kykkos Monastery in Pedoulas, Cyprus. It was a beautiful monastery built in the 11th century, but which has burned down many times with many invasions. The Cypriot government has rebuilt it, and it is now the wealthiest monastery on the island. Monks live there full time, and there is gold and silver everywhere.
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| View of the Med from the mountaintop |
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A biblical passage immortalized in mosaics- but which Bible story
has a dragon??? |
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| main monastery, with small chapel on the hillside |
