List of churches in the Famagusta district

The list of churches in the Famagusta district includes the church buildings in the Famagusta district in eastern Cyprus .

image	Church name	Place (location)	Establishment	Remarks
	Timios Prodromos	Gypsou	18th century	-
	Agios Georgios	Gypsou	16th Century	Bell tower from 1925, renovated in 1973, mosque
	Panagia	Gypsou	1890	Bell tower from 1970
	Agios Andronikos	Milia	19th century, early	Bell tower from 1970
	Agios Georgios	Milia	-	chapel
	Agios Epiphanios	Milia	1902-1906	mosque
	Panagia Avgasidas	Milia	before the 15th century	monastery
	Panagia Avgasidos	Milia	15th century	Church of the monastery, iconostasis 1781 decorated with gold
	Timios Prodromos	Lapathos	early 18th century	-
	Agia Marina	Lapathos	unknown	empty
	unknown	Sygkrasis	unknown	Chapel (unfinished)
	Agia Paraskevi	Sygkrasis	unknown	barn
	Agios Prokopios	Sygkrasis	11./12. century	Floor mosaic on ruins from the 6th century, restored in 1954/55
	Agioi Paides	Sygkrasis	unknown	chapel
	Hospitaller's Church	Famagusta	14th Century	Place of issue
	Templar Church	Famagusta	13th century, end (?)	Place of issue
	Agios Loukas	Famagusta	18th century, late	ruin
	Panagia Chrysospelaiotissa	Famagusta	1955-1960	mosque
	Agia Paraskevi	Famagusta	16./20. century	only the apse from the 16th century, iconostasis stolen, ruin
	Agios Nikolaos	Famagusta	14th Century	Gothic cathedral, now Mustafa Pasha Mosque
	Agios Petros & Pavlos	Famagusta	14./15. century	In 1600 rededicated to a mosque, in the courtyard an Ottoman tomb
	St. Franciscus	Famagusta	14th Century	Part of a Franciscan monastery, ruin and archaeological site
	Agios Symeon	Famagusta	-	Byzantine
	Anne's Church	Famagusta	14th Century	originally probably part of a monastery, military. Restricted area
	Armenian Church	Famagusta	14th Century	military. Restricted area
	St. Mary the Carmelite	Famagusta	14th Century	Monastery church
	Agia Photou	Famagusta	14th Century	in the 19th century strongly adjusted, from the original building. only preserved basement
	Agios Georgios Exorinos	Famagusta	14th Century	built by the merchants and Nestorian brothers Lakhas around 1360, but possibly from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century, from 1571 camel stable, during the Ottoman period only once a year mass, 1905–56 Orthodox, until 1930 many frescoes disappeared, 1964–74 inhabited by Cypriot Turkish refugees, from 1989 cultural center, 2014 first mass
	Agia Zoni	Famagusta	Byzantine	Theater stage
	St. George the Latin	Famagusta	13th century, late	French style, ruin
	Agios Nikolaos	Famagusta	Rebuilt in the 14th century	Roof collapsed, partly ruin
	Agios Georgios ton Hellenon	Famagusta	13th Century (?)	ruin
	Timios Stavros	Famagusta	14th Century	small mosque, good condition
	St. Anthony	Famagusta	14./15. century	Part of a hospital complex of the Antonite Order, ruin
	Episcopal Chapel	Famagusta	14./15. century	Lusignan, Gothic, today profaned
	Chapel at the Royal Palace	Famagusta	14./15. century	Lusignan, Gothic
	Panagia Kyra	Livadeia	early christian	Stolen 7th century mosaics
	Agios Georgios	Spathariko	unknown	Chapel, locked
	Agios Loukas	Arnadi	unknown	no bell tower
	Agios Georgios	Agios Georgios	19th century, early	mosque
	Panagia Genethlion Theotokou	Arnadi	unknown	-
	Agios Georgios	Goufes	unknown	empty
	Sotiros	Lefkoniko	unknown	mosque
	Timios Stavros	Lefkonoiko	unknown	locked
	Archangelos Mikhail	Lefkonoiko	19th century, renovated	empty
	Agios Loukas	Spathariko	middle Ages	mosque
	Agios Andronikos	Arnadi	18th century	empty
	unknown	Arnadi	unknown	on the road from Ag. Georgios to Arnadhi, behind Panagia
	Agios Evlogios	Agios Theodoros	unknown	Cemetery, on the Karpas Peninsula, roof collapsed, walls cracked
	Agia Paraskevi	Agios Theodoros	unknown	locked
	Agios Theodoros	Agios Theodoros	unknown	empty
	Agios Georgios	Koilanemos	unknown	on the Karpas, barn, in the forest
	Agios Georgios	Koilanemos	1895	on the Karpas, in the village
	Agia Thekla	Vokolida	unknown	on the Karpas, doors missing, stone and concrete roof
	Agios Basileios	Vasili	Latin (?)	on the Karpas, temporarily a mosque, now empty
	Cemetery church	Vasili	unknown	on the Karpas, inside graffiti
	Agios Theodoros	Vathylakas	unknown	locked
	Agios Georgios	Vathylakas	unknown	Cemetery church, at times stable, empty
	Agios Konstantinos	Bathylakas	unknown	barn
	Agios Georgios	Vathylakas	Latin	temporarily mosque, empty
	Agios Sergios	Neta	unknown	on the Karpas, roof partially collapsed, large wall cracks
	Panagia	Neta	unknown	Cemetery, mosque
	Agios Iakovos	Trikomo	15th century	well protected
	Agia Anastasia	Trikomo	18th century (?)	Cemetery church, ruin, empty
	Panagia Theotokos	Trikomo	Byzantine, Lusignan	orthodox-catholic double church
	Agia Varvara	Trikomo	1940s	Storage room in public garden
	Agios Georgios	Trikomo	1960s	locked, military. Restricted area before 1974
	Agios Georgios	Trikomo	1900, around	Folk dance club
	Agios Epifanios	Trikomo / Pervolia	unknown	Crack runs through the entire roof
	Agios Athanasios	Trikomo	unknown	or Agios Andronikos ? chapel
	Agios Georgios	Davlos	1905, around	Basilica, women's gallery
	Panagia Evangelistria	Gerani	1960, after	Karpas, barn
	Agia Aikaterini	Gerani	1950, after (?)	Karpas, mosque
	Agios Georgios	Gerani	19th century	Karpas, ruin
	Agios Symeon	Agios Symeon / Karpasia	unknown	outside the village, ruin
	Agios Georgios	Lythragkomi	19th century	Karpas
	Panagia Kanakaria	Lythragkomi	5th / 6th century	Karpas, monastery
	Agia Marina	Avgolida	18th century	3 × 8 m, outside the village, barn
	Panagia Trypimeni	Patriki / Karpasia	1970s	Chapel, 4 × 7 m
	Archangelos Mikhail	Patriki / Karpasia	1868	Mosque, women's gallery
	Agios Georgios	Agios Ilias / Karpasia	unknown	barn
	Agios Iliad	Agios Ilias / Karpasia	1922	At times mosque, empty, doors and window glass are missing
	13 Martyrs Monastery	Kantara	unknown	monastery
	Agios Dimitrios	Ardana	1960s	inside 4 × 7.5 m
	Agios Georgios	Ardana	1893	Doors and windows are missing, cracks, the east wall collapsed
	Agios Georgios	Patriki / Karpasia	1950, after	5 × 9.5 m, fertilizer storage
	Panagia Faneromeni	Gastria / Karpasia	1905, completed	8.25 × 10.5 m, crack in the roof, hole in the south wall
	Agios Prodromos	Patriki / Karpasia	unknown	Cracks in the roof, no altar, 5.0 × 10.5 m
	Agios Nikolaos	Davlos	unknown	Windows and doors are missing
	Agios Sozomenos	Davlos	unknown	Chapel (identification with photo uncertain)
	Agios Georgios	Flamoudi	1894 (?)	mosque
	Cemetery church	Flamoudi	unknown	a few kilometers outside the village
	Agia Aikaterini	Platanissos / Karpasia	unknown	does not exist anymore
	Agios Georgios	Eptakomi / Karpasia	1900 (?)	Pavement from 1958, barn
	Agios Loukas	Eptakomi / Karpasia	1951 (?)	Karpas, mosque
	Archangelus	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas, flat concrete roof, empty
	Agia Agathi	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas, cracks, empty
	unknown	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Chapel, ruin, next to it crypt with tunnel
	unknown	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Chapel, ruin, only a stone door frame is standing
	Agios Loukas	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Ruin, only remnants of the wall
	Agia Eirini	Eptakomi / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Ruin, only remnants of the wall
	Agios Georgios	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	1873	Karpas; Renovated in 1898, iconostasis from 1897, temporarily mosque, cultural center
	Agios Vasilios	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	Latin	Karpas; probably never finished, end of the Lusignan period
	Agios Afxentios	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Wooden roof is missing, some doors are missing, cracks in the apse
	Agios Loukas	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; barn
	Panayia Kyra	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; empty
	Agios Georgios Parouzos	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; only the northwest wall is still standing, ruin
	Agios Photios	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; ruin
	Agios Onufrios	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; Ruin (?, Cannot be found)
	Agia Marina	Komi Kepir / Karpasia	unknown	Karpas; not findable
	Agios Demetrios	Leonarisso / Karpasia	unknown	temporarily mosque, empty
	Agios Antonios	Leonarisso / Karpasia	unknown	West wall of the apse collapsed and poorly rebuilt, stable
	Archangelus	Leonarisso / Karpasia	unknown	collapsed, ruins removed from UN, no remains
	Agios Ioannis	Leonarisso / Karpasia	unknown	not findable
	Archangelus	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	1859 (?)	temporarily mosque, empty
	Panayia	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	camp
	Agios Nikolaos	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	empty, doors missing, pillars fragile
	Ayia Solomoni	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	Crypt, empty
	Agios Georgios	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	1897 (?)	empty, cracks in walls and bell tower
	Ayioi Ioakim & Anna	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	collapsed, doors missing
	Timios Stavros	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	barn
	Agios Prokopios	Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia	unknown	very small church, empty
	Agia Marina	Agios Andronikos / Karpasia	unknown	Cemetery church, ruin
	Agia Fotini	Agios Andronikos / Karpasia	1933	empty, cracks in the walls and bell tower, outer columns in danger of collapsing
	Agios Nikolaos	Agios Nikolaos	unknown	mosque
	Archangelos Chapel	Akanthou	unknown	Building well preserved, destroyed inside
	Panagia Pergaminiotissa	Akanthou	unknown	Stolen frescoes
	Panagia Eleousas	Trypimeni	1907	mosque
	Agia Paraskevi	Melounda	unknown	barn
	Agios Mikhalos	Akanthou	unknown	Iconostasis, icons missing, bearings
	Agios Pavlos	Akanthou	unknown	camp
	Agios Trikas	Akanthou	unknown	camp
	Agioi Pantes	Akanthou	unknown	tore off
	Agios Theodoros	Akanthou	unknown	camp
	Agios Charalampos	Akanthou	unknown	Stable, rood screen preserved
	Panagia Melissa	Akanthou	unknown	empty
	Agios Nikolaos	Akanthou	unknown	ruin
	Agios Georgios tou Teichiou	Akanthou	1954	Chapel, well preserved
	Agia Marina	Akanthou	unknown	mosque
	Agios Savas	Akanthou	unknown	camp
	Metamorfosis Sotiros	Akanthou	unknown	Mosque, well preserved
	Agia Varvara	Akanthou	unknown	Iconostasis, icons are missing
	Agios Georgios	Akanthou	unknown	ruin
	Agia Foteini	Akanthou	unknown	chapel
	Agios Merkourios	Akanthou	1974, before	ruin
	Agia Triassic early Christian basilica	Agia Trias / Karpasia	early christian	Place called Optomylia, mosaics, inscriptions
	Agia Triassic	Agia Trias / Karpasia	18th century	in use
	Agia Marina	Agia Trias / Karpasia	unknown	Iconostasis, floor mosaics, chapel
	Agia Pavla	Agia Trias / Karpasia	unknown	chapel
	Agios Fanourios	Agia Trias / Karpasia	unknown	in use
	Agios Therisos (new)	Gialousa / Karpasia	unknown	wooden iconostasis
	Agios Therisos (old)	Gialousa / Karpasia	unknown	chapel
	Agia Marina	Gialousa / Karpasia	unknown	well preserved
	Archangelus	Gialousa / Karpasia	unknown	Cracks, bell preserved
	Agios Ioannis	Gialousa / Karpasia	unknown	relatively well preserved
	Agios Polychronios	Melanarga / Karpasia	unknown	Mosque, converted between 2001 and 2007, well preserved
	Agia Paraskevi	Monarga / Karpasia	unknown	Bricked up doors
	unknown	Monarga / Karpasia	unknown	destroyed chapel
	Agios Fotios	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	Chapel (identification with photo uncertain)
	Agios Synesios	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	in use
	Archangelos Mikhail	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	in use
	Agia Triassic	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	in use
	Agia Athanasia	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	-
	Agios Andronikos	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	not findable
	Agios Georgios	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	-
	Profitis Iliad	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	description
	Cemetery church	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	not in use
	Panagia Eleousa	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	Monastery ruins nearby
	Agia Mavri	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	Byzantine	Remains of frescoes
	Agios Georgios	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	in use
	Asomatos	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	Byzantine	half broken
	Agios Georgios	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	Byzantine	ruin
	Agios Ioannis	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	chapel
	Moni Apostolou Andrea	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	Monastery, in use
	Agios Filon	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	Byzantine	on the ruins of an early Christian basilica
	Agia Thekla	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	undetectable
	Agios Panteleimon	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	unknown	Ruin, hidden in the bushes
	Panagia Chrysiotissa	Rizokarpaso / Karpasia	14th Century	Ruin, built on the ruins of a Byzantine church (around 600)
	Agia Paraskevi	Agkastina	19th century, late	mosque
	Agios Therapon	Agkastina	19th century (?)	abandoned since 1974
	Agios Loukas	Mousoulita	20th century, early	mosque
	Agios Georgios	Limnia	1895 (?)	at times polyclinic, unknown use
	Agios Nikolaos	Limnia	1863 (?)	mosque
	Agioi Sergios kai Vakchos	Agios Sergios	unknown	Bell tower 1965
	Agios Mamas	Gaidouras	1900, around	mosque
	Timios Stavros?	Pigi / Peristerona	unknown	mosque
	Agios Anastasios	Peristerona	unknown	Monastery complex
	Agios Anastasios (new church)	Peristerona	unknown	-
	Agios Anastasios (old monastery church)	Peristerona	unknown	-
	Agia Marina (?)	Peristerona	unknown	barn
	Profitis Iliad	Stylloi	20th century, early	20th century, beginning, iconostasis from 1892, doors 1921, renovated in 1953, abandoned in 1974
	unknown	Strongylos	unknown	Preserved bell tower with bell
	Agios Andronicos (?)	Prastio	unknown	Ruin, 7 to 8 km south of Prastio
	Agios Georgios	Prastio	1823 (?)	mosque
	Agios Georgios (chapel)	Genagra	Byzantine, later epochs	chapel
	Agios Georgios (new church)	Genagra	unknown	Abandoned in 1974
	Agia Varvara	Vatyli	unknown	Bell tower dated 1955
	Agios Georgios	Vatyli	1911 (?)	abandoned since 1974
	Timios Prodromos	Assia	unknown	mosque, Mithrab, abandoned since 1974
	Agios Georgios	Assia	unknown	mosque
	Agios Spyridon	Assia	1876 ​​(?)	Ruin, abandoned since 1974
	Panagia	Assia	unknown	abandoned since 1974
	Agios Georgios	Afanteia	unknown	barn
	Agios Artemios	Afanteia	1868 and 1946	abandoned since 1974
	Agios Demetrios	Afanteia	1968	abandoned since 1974
	Panagia Theotokos	Lysi	1889 (?)	mosque
	Agios Georgios	Lysi, outside of	?	-
	Agios Efthymianos	Lysi, outside of	unknown	-
	Agios Ioannis Theologos	Flamoudi	unknown	chapel

literature

• Ceyda Alçıcıoğlu: Churches Converted to Mosques and Their Adaptive Re-Uses , Diss., University of Oxford 2014. ( academia.edu )

See also

• Painted churches in the Troodos Mountains

Web links

• Famagusta District , Greek Cypriot & Turkish Cypriot Religious Buildings Built before 1974

Remarks

1. ^ Panagia Evangelistria
2. ↑ Agia Aikaterini
3. ^ Agios Georgios
4. ^ Samuel Andrew Hardy: Interrogating Archaeological Ethics in Conflict Zones: Cultural Heritage Work in Cyprus , Diss., University of Sussex, 2010, p. 96 f ( online , PDF).