column where, according to local tradition, the Apostle Pavlos received thirty-nine lashes. Later, according to the Acts of the Apostles (Chap. 15 v 39-40), Varnavas returned to Cyprus accompanied by his nephew Markos and specifically to Salamis, where he preached Christianity and met a martyr’s death; he was buried Fig. 121. Limeniotissa, Pafos. close to Salamis, to the west of the town. The Apostle Varnavas is considered to be the founder of the Church of Cyprus, which from the 5th to the 16th centuries came sixth in the hierarchy after the ancient Patriarchates of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem. The underground tomb of the founder of the Cypriot Church, Saint Varnavas and the imposing chapel of the Monastery that is dedicated to him, built over the foundations of an early Christian basilica of the 5th century A.D., are near Salamis. Fig. 122. Column where, according to tradition, the Apostle Pavlos was flogged.
Larnaka – Agios Irakleidios – Agios Ioannis Lampadistis – Evrychou – Troodos – Anogyra – Pafos Larnaka – Kiti – Amathous – Kourion – Kouklia – Pafos – Agios Georgios 338 kilometres
72
Fig. 123. Early Christian Basilica of Chrysopolitissa, Pafos. “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Fig. 124. Mosaic at Chrysopolitissa.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
Gospel according to Agios Ioannis (Chap. 15 v 5-7)