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A very rare representation of Virgin Mary participating in the effort to descent the body of Christ from the Cross. Women are watching while Nikodemos and Joseph of Arimathea are helping. This icon is found on the south aisle of the iconostasis in…

This icon of the Annunciation represents Virgin Mary to the left receiving the Good News by Archangel Gabriel. Top of the icon God the Father in the form of an old man, surrounded by heads of angels, sends down to her Ηis blessing. This icon is…

The icon of Utter Humiliation represents Christ with the hands crossed above the navel and with the head leaning to the left. He looks as if he is hovering between cross and tomb. The icon is found on the top of the south aisle of the iconostasis in…

This stamp depicts a gold necklace with an agate pendant from the sanctuary of Aphrodite, in Arsos, from the Archaic Period, early 6th century B.C., now in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. This is a beautiful example of the high quality work that Cypriot…

This icon represents Saint John the Apostle mourning below the Cross of Christ on top of the central aisle of the iconostasis in the Katholikon. Saint John is covering his face with his right hand. It is one of the two ''Lypira''. Dimensions 50 x 110…

Virgin Mary mourning before the Crucified Christ covers her face with her left hand and tends her right hand towards her Son. This icon is one of the two ''Lypira'' that surrounds the Cross crowning the central aisle of the iconostasis in the…

The Annunciation icon is painted on the doors of the main entrance to the Sanctuary of the Katholikon. On the left door stands Archangel Gabriel holding lilies and on the right door Virgin Mary crosses her hands on the chest in a sigh of obedience to…

The icon of Myrophoroi and the Angel, beside the Empty Tomb, is found on the Sanctuary's side door of the north aisle of the iconostasis in the Katholikon. Painted by Charalampos Epameinonda from Stroumbi.

General view of the nave of the iconostasis in the Katholikon. The central and south part of the iconostasis are the original. The north part of the iconostasis was destroyed and replaced recently by a copy of the south aisle of the iconostasis. The…

The huge Crucifix represents Christ almost in natural size. Christ is lying dead with his head inclined to the left. On the four corners of the Cross are depicted the eagle, the man, the lion and the ox with the scull of Adam under the feet of…