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  • False Entrance to the House Church, in Soli Basilica

    House Church of Soloi

    http://ringofchrist.com/early-christian-history/early-places-of-worship/cave-churches-catacombs-house-churches/soloi-house-church/ Ancient Soloi is located on Morphour Bay in the northwest part of the island; it covered a large area that is still not fully…

  • Ayia Thekla Cave Chapel

    http://ringofchrist.com/early-christian-history/early-places-of-worship/cave-churches-catacombs-house-churches/ayia-thekla-cave-chapel/ Icon of Ayia Thekla at St Barnabas Monastery Ayia Thekla Cave Chapel in CyprusAyia Thekla Cave Chapel The small cave chapel of St. Thekla…

  • Chrysokava Catacombs, seen from Kyrenia Castle

    Chrysokava Catacomb in Kyrenia

    http://ringofchrist.com/early-christian-history/early-places-of-worship/cave-churches-catacombs-house-churches/chrysokava-catacomb-kyrenia/ Cave Church of Kyrenia drawn in the late 19th Century 19th Century Sketch of underground church at Kyrenia The catacombs are located just east…

  • St. Barnabas Catacomb – The Tomb of a Saint

    http://ringofchrist.com/early-christian-history/early-places-of-worship/cave-churches-catacombs-house-churches/st-barnabas-catacomb/ The Coffin of St Barnabas According to Acts of Barnabas, the saint was martyred in 61AD in Salamis and hidden in a cave outside…

  • Mosaic of St Mark at Ayia Sofia Cathedral

    St Mark

    While Mark was not from Cyprus, he did play a part in some major early Christian events on the island. He accompanied his cousin Barnabas…

  • The Original Ring of Christ

    The Chi Rho Ring from Kourion

    This ancient Christian Chi-Rho ring was unearthed in 1987 in the ruins of the Earthquake House in Kourion, on the island of Cyprus. It belonged…

  • Final resting place of the young Christian family, at the Kourion Museum

    The Family

    The skeletal remains of the family, a father, mother, and infant, were unearthed by Drs. David Soren and Jamie James and their team in 1987…