Antiphonitis Church - North Cyprus

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Antiphonitis – more correctly the Church of Christ Antiphonitis (Χριστός Ἀντιφωνητής) – is a domed church in Cyprus, in Kyrenia District, located in the mountains near the village of Kalograia. It is reached from the network of tracks and small roads in the area of the Herbarium and Agios Amvrosios. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. The name Christ Antiphonitis means "Christ who responds" and a number of Greek churches are so designated. The epithet appears to derive from a miraculous icon of some kind which responded to prayers, but no account of this icon in Cyprus is known. The name is testified in the late medieval period. Writing in the sixteenth century, Stefano Lusignan in his Description de toute l'isle de Cypre (Paris, 1580) recalls that Antifoniti was a fief belonging to his family, that his maternal grandmother Isabella Perez Fabricius founded the monastery of Antifonite and that his brother John (who had become a monk under the name Hilarion) died there.[2]

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azadbal2 months ago

beautiful location. kalimera

havuzsalim2 months ago

Yess i used LichtFeld studio for trainig.

sofosomonoia962 months ago

Oh my god i am a Greek Cypriot from Cyprus and i love it! This technology is amazing!

plan82 months ago

Lovely! Was this processed in Lichtfeld Studio?

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