San Barnaba' monastero vicino a Salamina, Famagosta, Cipro del Nord

• Collaboratore: Mark Davidson / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: C90B91
• Dimensioni dei file: 42,4 MB (2,2 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 3141 x 4713 px | 26,6 x 39,9 cm | 10,5 x 15,7 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 20 ottobre 2011
• Ubicazione: St Barnabas' Monastery near Salamis, Famagusta, North Cyprus

Altre informazioni

The St Barnabas monastery and Icon museum is situated close to the Royal Tombs between Tuzla and Salamis. The site consists of a church, now serving as an icon museum, the monastery, now housing an archaeological collection, and a chapel housing the remains of the saint. St Barnabas was one of the founders of the independent Greek Orthodox church, and is the patron saint of Cyprus. He, was born in Salamis to a Jewish family of the Levi clan, (the Levites from which the priests of the temple in Jerusalem were chosen), who had emigrated from Syria to Cyprus. He was originally called Sosis, a variant of Joseph.

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