Acheiropoietos Monastery

Acheiropoietos Monastery
Μονή Ἀχειροποίητου
Acheiropoietos Monastery is located in Cyprus
Acheiropoietos Monastery
Acheiropoietos Monastery
35°21′10″N 33°11′26″E / 35.35278°N 33.19056°E / 35.35278; 33.19056
LocationLambousa
CountryDe jure  Cyprus
De facto  Northern Cyprus
DenominationGreek Orthodox
History
Founded11th century
DedicationVirgin Mary
Cult(s) presentHoly Trinity
Relics heldShroud of Joseph of Arimathea
Architecture
StyleByzantine architecture
Specifications
Number of domes2
Number of spires1
Administration
MetropolisChurch of Cyprus

The Acheiropoietos Monastery (Greek: Μονή Ἀχειροποίητου, also Παναγία Ἀχειροποίητος and Acheripoetos) in Lambousa near the village of Karavas in the Kyrenia District, was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox Monastery. The monastery is currently under the conservation of the International Center for Heritage Studies of Girne American University.[1]

The Church of Panagia Acheiropoietos from the south west, as the monument stood in 1973.
  1. ^ "Faculty of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts The American University". Architecture.gau.edu.tr. Retrieved 2017-04-08.