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The Island of Cyprus lies in the Eastern Mediterranean having Turkey to its North, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to the East and Egypt to the far South. A strategic location in that part of the world, hence the coveted possession of many countries and Empires in its long history.
It bears resemblance to Israel in its topography and customs and it was called Kittim in the Old Testament. It was the first country to be evangelized by Paul and Barnabas, outside the Holy Land, on their first missionary journey. Tradition tells us that Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, was
the first Bishop of the Church on Cyprus.

 

St Kyriaki built on the ruins of an early Christian Basilika in Pafos