Monastery Macheras
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May 23, 2020
One of the monasteries in Cyprus, which houses the miraculous icon of the Virgin, whose face is covered with a canvas. The authorship of this icon is attributed to the Apostle Luke.
The monastery is quite small, but very warm and cozy. Especially the old territory, but, by the way, it can sometimes be closed. The monks close it without explaining the reasons. And then only a small temple was opened at the entrance ... We were here twice and only once we were lucky enough to get into the "closed" territory.
There is a small souvenir shop at the entrance to the monastery. In it, in addition to church atrebutics, you can buy pretty good olive oil, herbal teas, various ointments that the monks themselves make. By the way, you will not find such products in every Cypriot monastery.
Not far from the monastery there is a small museum dedicated to Greorius Avxentiu, the hero of the national liberation struggle of 1955-1959. The museum has a very sincere grandfather, the caretaker, who will enthusiastically talk about Grigorius and his tragic death near these places...
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August 23, 2021
Very nice, quiet, beautiful...in the store, the monk who sells products (herbs, honey, olive oil, etc.) speaks Russian
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June 9, 2020
The Macheras Monastery is one of the three main monasteries in Cyprus. He received his name from his main shrine − the miraculous icon of the Mother of God Maheriotissa, which literally means Knife (knife in Greek - μαχαίρι). The monastery is surrounded by the beautiful forests of the Maheras lands in Troodos, towards Nicosia, built at an altitude of 870 meters above sea level. I recommend bus tours of the mountain serpentine. When lifting vehicles up and down, it is better not to look out the windows, unless there is enough adrenaline!
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