Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery - Cyprus

The Monastery is dedicated to ‘Our Lady of the Golden Pomegranate’.

It was established in 1152 by monk Ignatios who, according to popular belief, found a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary off the shore of Paphos.

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