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John of Damascus occupies the northern side of the triumphal arch above the bema of the church and is dated to the refurbishment programme of the bema. He is depicted in a monk’s attire as in the narthex, facing upward to the sacrifice of Isaac. …

The Mother of God Pantanassa (Queen of All), flanked by Archangels Michael and Gabriel, are depicted on the conch of the apse of the bema area. They belong to the late thirteenth-century fresco layer. Mary is portrayed full-length in the type of…

Painted on the vault over the bema, the fragmentary Ascension shows Jesus Christ in a round mandorla with four angels flanking him.

Saint Lazarus, Bishop of Kition, is depicted, in a medallion, on the spandrel of the arch, on the north wall of the bema

On the western side of the soffit’s lower zone of the south-eastern recess, Saint James the Lord’s Brother is depicted.

On the south-east niche in the bema area, the scene of the Presentation of Theotokos to the Temple is shown. As with the majority of the murals attested within the bema area, the scene is chronologically placed in the original decorating programme. …

In the niche formed on the southern wall of the bema area, Christ as Emmanuel is painted. It is dated to 1631 A.D. Its original position was on the strengthened masonry on the south face of the apse. However, in 1953 A.D. the masonry was removed…

In the lower zone of the tympanum of the south-east niche of the bema area, Saint Gregory of Nyssa and an unknown deacon are represented.

Four medallions which contain busts of four prelates are depicted on the soffit of the south-east niche in the bema area. Only one of the names of these hierarchs can be clearly seen: that of Saint Auxibius.

On the central zone of the apse of the bema area, the scene of the Communion of the Apostles is depicted. In terms of chronology, this is a fresco made by the Asinou Master in 1105. The best preserved part is that on the left. Unusual as it is,…