It was the Friday, 1st of April 1955, just a little before the sunrise above the occupied sky of Cyprus, when the island awake from the explosions. The morning sea breeze transfered a voice with it. A voice coming from the depth of the Greeks’ history saying that “Greeks, wherever you are, hear o...

The Monastery of our Lady of Machairas, or as we all know it, the Machairas Monastery, is built a little bit under the highest peak of the Kionia mountain, perched on steep slopes belonging to the woods of Machairas, in an amazing green environment.

In order to get to the monastery coming...