Europe Explored » wealthiest and best-known monasteries https://europeexplored.com Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Monastery of Kykkos – one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus https://europeexplored.com/2011/01/09/monastery-of-kykkos-one-of-the-wealthiest-and-best-known-monasteries-in-cyprus/ https://europeexplored.com/2011/01/09/monastery-of-kykkos-one-of-the-wealthiest-and-best-known-monasteries-in-cyprus/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:06:54 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=2254 Kykkos monastery is the richest and most famous monastery on the island of Cyprus. It is located in the western part of the Troodos Mountains and north of the town Milikouri. The monastery was founded in around 1100 and is built in Byzantine style. The monastery includes a large surrounding land. In the monastery there […]

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]]> Kykkos monastery is the richest and most famous monastery on the island of Cyprus. It is located in the western part of the Troodos Mountains and north of the town Milikouri. The monastery was founded in around 1100 and is built in Byzantine style. The monastery includes a large surrounding land. In the monastery there is an interesting collection of icons. Most valuable is the icon of the Virgin Mary, allegedly painted by the evangelist Apostle Luke. This icon is one of the last three surviving. Additional icons come from the Russian Orthodox churches.


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