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On the soffit of the south arch of the narthex, depictions of the Torments of the Damned are placed.
On the western side, the representations refer to group punishments and they are developed within rectangulars. These are the worm that sleepeth…

Saint Irene, the Daughter of Saint Spiridon, constitutes an iconographical unicum, attested only at Asinou church. She holds a cross, the characteristic feature of a martyr and wears a maphorion of brown and dark blue colours.
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The wall-painting of the Virgin of Mercy and Latin Donors is on the semidome of the south apse of the narthex and shows a Latin widowed mother and her children praying to her patron saint Virgin.
The fresco represents an outstanding case, along with…

The monk Kallinikos is depicted on the west respond of the south arch, above the petitioner Vasilios. The inscription is placed above the head of the monk and reads: prayer of the servant of God Kallinikos the monk. He is portrayed facing to the…

Basilios Drakocheres is portrayed on the west respond of the south arch, under the monk Kallinikos. His face is turned eastward with his hands raised in prayer. His clothing, rolled hair and head garment resemble the Western clothing of the…

George, the donor of the portrait of his patron saint, is depicted as a bearded man dressed in an entirely Western apparel. He wears a dark coat with a brown lining, seen through the front opening, sleeves and neck, which is folded back in order to…

The wall-painting of Saint George on horseback, in the type of Diasorites, is placed in the conch of the south apse of the narthex and it is dated to the early thirteenth century.
As stated by the inscription, Nikiphorus Kallias, a farrier of…

Saint Mamas is pictured on the wall of the south apse of the narthex, adjacent to Saint George. It is considered as additional to the protective and therapeutic implication of the fresco program of the area, as he was seen as a holy warrior and a…

On the lower level of the eastern side of the soffit of the south arch of the narthex is the portrait of Saint George Machairemenos who is rarely represented in iconographic cycles in Cyprus. On his left, the benefactor George is depicted. The…

The Prophet Zechariah or Zaharias is depicted on the southern half of the soffit above the eastern doorway of the narthex. As Prophet Isaiah on the other side, he is depicted as an old man with grey long hair and a pointed beard but, additionally,…
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