In the ruined and abandoned village in the Limassol district, Vikla, the only building that still remains intact today is the church of Agios Ioannis Eleimon (Merciful). It is built on the peak of a low hill, dominating the vast fields of Vikla and valley of the river of Vasiliko.
It is built with stone and has the shape of a Basilica with a wooden, gabled and pointed, tiled roof. The tiles are flat type. The belfry rises above the surrounding stonewall which is part of it.
The Church has been expanded on the west side, thus doubling its capacity. The large time difference from the day the original temple was built and the expansion later on, resulting it it being so apparent, since the tiles of the two parts, are very different. In addition, the foundations of the wall that has been demolished can be seen.
By it being extended only from the west, the church got the form of a stoa, since its width does not exceed 3 metres and its length was extended to 20 metres.
The old part of Agios Ioannis tou Eleimonos church, was a catholic monastery that was in the same place for many centuries even when Vikla and its fields were part of the Frankish feud.
Agios Ioannis Eleimon was born and raised in the Limassol District, or as it was called back then, the Kingdom of Amathus, he was a child of rich and religious Christians, residents of Amathus.
After his teenage years, he left Cyprus and went to Alexandria, in Egypt, where he began his charity and Religious works. He managed to reach the highest steps of holiness due to his action, without ever stopping to give to anybody that needed it.
Many years later, after being induced by his Cypriot friends, he returned on the island, his birthplace, where he died. His body was buried in the Holy Church of Agios Tychonas in Limassol.
