Church

The Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca

We include Saint Lazarus as one of Cyprus’s principal urban Christian monuments and an important link between biblical tradition, Byzantium and modern Larnaca.

Late ninth century and later rebuilding

The church is associated with the veneration of Lazarus, who according to church tradition became bishop of Kition.

Children can compare the church’s heavy stone architecture with the small timber-roofed churches of Troodos.

At the site we focus on specific reference points: the tomb, the carved iconostasis, the bell tower and the museum.