Timios Stavros tou Agiasmati

The single-nave Church of the Holy Cross in Agiasmati was once part of a monastery that was abandoned already in the mid-18th century. Although the exact date of the church's construction is unknown, it is generally agreed that the decorations were completed in 1494.

From the outside, the church appears very simple and resembles a barn. The wooden roof rests on a wall surrounding the church, creating a four sided portico, a covered kind of cloister around the church itself. An insciption above the south door tells, that the church was erected through a donation of a priest named Peter and his wife Pepani.

Another inscription mentions Phillip Goul, a hellenised Syrian Orthodox, as the painter of the church. A master whose work reflects the continued vitality of Orthodox artistic traditions under Venetian rule.
The church is completey inside the walls and the roof built around.

Above the Holy Men
Baptism of Jesus, Raising of Lazarus, Palm Sunday, Resurrection of Jesus

On the right
St. Mammes of Caesarea riding a lion


Since 1985 Timios Stavros tou Agiasmati is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Painted Churches in the Troodos Region".