HOLY MONASTERY OF SAINT SPYRIDON

This historic monastic complex is closely connected with the life of Saint Spyridon, as it is built in ancient Trimythous where he himself served as bishop. The present church was built during the 18th century upon the ruins of three successive early Christian basilicas and housed the sarcophagus where the body of the miracle-working saint originally rested. Since 1974 the site has been under Turkish occupation, remaining inaccessible for Christian worship owing to its conversion into an active military zone.