Historical background information  

The church of Agios Sergios and Vakhos is located southeast of the village, among the ruins of an old settlement and has an oil millstone in its yard. Written sources dated the church in 14th century, while there is anticipation that the church is dated earlier, in the 12th century. Under the slope on the east of the church, there is a cave, which may have been used as a holy spring. Originally the church was decorated with frescoes of the two Saints (Sergios and Vakhos) and today their surviving parts can be found on the central blind arches of the south and north walls.  Sculpture fragments found among the church ruins, were probably taken from the archaeological sites in the region and were used as spolia on the church walls.

The Agios Sergios & Vakhos Church was selected as part of the priority conservation projects of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage. Within the framework of the EU funded and UNDP implemented “Support to cultural heritage monuments of great importance for Cyprus” project, a study “Survey, Investigations, Assessment and Project Design” was carried out in 2022 and the conservation works were implemented during 2023–2024.

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