Church of Agios Kassianos This small church, located close to the Church of Panagia Chrysaliniotissa, was built in 1854 on the site of an older church, according to an inscription on its walls. It has a two-aisled structure, and its most treasured relic is the clerical hat, or “skoufos” in Greek, of Agios Kassianos, which is believed to be miraculous. The Church is well known for the Orthodox Easter services and the Epitafios procession. Agiou Kassianou Street / Tel: +357 22 774947 Call for opening hours Church of Agios Kassianos Church of Panagia Faneromeni SACRED HERITAGE of bishops and priests executed by the Ottomans in 1821. Onasagorou Street / Tel: +357 22 673296, +357 22 660761 / Open Daily: 06:30–18:30 (November to March), 06:30–20:00 (April to October) Church of Agios Eleftherios Hidden on Onasagorou Street, this small church is among the seven dependencies of the Machairas Monastery. Ethnomartyr Archbishop Kyprianos built it in 1804 on land donated by a devout woman, Maria, whose tomb remains in the courtyard. Constructed without Ottoman permission under the pretense of a monastery store, it surprises unsuspecting passers-by with its discreet entrance, leading to an interior adorned with icons, beautiful frescoes, and a date inscription of 1806 above its wooden door. Onasagorou Street / Tel: + 357 22 664737, +357 22 363824, +357 22 680722 / Opening hours: Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 16:30–18:00, Sun morning during Liturgy Church of Agios Savvas Built in 1851, it is one of Lefkosia’s most distinctive churches, likely standing on the site of an earlier church that once belonged to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The Church of Agios Savvas used to have lodgings that sheltered the homeless, which were later repurposed as the Agios Savvas Urban School. It houses a silver chalice dating from Church of Panagia Faneromeni (Our Lady of Revelation) An important landmark, the Church of Panagia Faneromeni was once the largest Orthodox church within Lefkosia’s Venetian Walls. Built in 1872 on the site of a former convent, where nuns practiced silk weaving, it twice resisted attempts by the Ottomans to convert it into a mosque. This three-aisled basilica, crowned with a lantern-type dome, preserves a few frescoes from around 1930 and an exquisitely carved wooden iconostasis dating back to the 18th-19th centuries. To its east, a marble mausoleum holds the remains Photos: Stefanos Kouratzis, Panayiotis Stelikos, istock
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