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Ioannis Spileotis dug his cave with a small knife
Ioannis Spileotis dug his cave with a small knife

Church of Cyprus - Agios Ioannis Spileotis, Sia

It was about in 700AC when the 300 Alaman monks arrived in Cyprus to preach Christianity. Among them there were three well-known saints, Therapon, Eytichios and Ioannis that has later been renamed to Spileotis.

The three monks, chose an area 3 kilometres north from the Sia village and a l...

District: Nicosia
Agios Georgios Alamanou Monastery
Agios Georgios Alamanou Monastery

Monasteries in Cyprus - Agios Georgios Alamanou

Agios Georgios Alamanou female monastery, is found on the left side of the Nicosia - Limassol motorway, on the exit for Pentakomo.

The history of this monastery is situated far back in time, during those years where Agios Georgios, one of the three hundred Alaman people that fled to our i...

District: Limassol