Sourp Magar

Sourp Magar 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. Since 1974, it is located in the occupied part of Cyprus. Nowadays it is ruined and in urgent need of restoration.