Sourp Magar Monastery, Cyprus

Sourp Magar (Armenian: Սուրբ Մակար or Magaravank, Ս. Մակարայ Վանք) is located in a picturesque location on the Pentadhaktylos mountain range in Cyprus, at an altitude of 530 m. and about 1½ km to the west of Halevga or 11 km to the north-east of Kythrea. It is the most important Armenian ecclesiastical building and the only Armenian monastery in Cyprus, which celebrated on the first Sunday of May. Nowadays it is ruined and in urgent need of restoration.

In addition to its historical interest as a centre of Armenian culture, Sourp Magar is noted for its distant views of the Mediterranean and the Taurus Mountains in Asia Minor. The monastery had close ties with the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, since 1930 located in Antelias, Lebanon.

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