St. Barbara's Monastery

The Monastery of the Great Martyr Barbara is located along the northwestern side of Mount Stavrovouni.

This is a deep place of the Stavrovouni monastery, which is considered one of the ancient in Cyprus and is located near the monastery itself.

No one knows exactly when the Monastery of the Great Martyr Barbara appeared.

It was first mentioned by a Dominican monk at the end of the fifteenth century.

Sketches of the monastery with a better description found in notes

A traveling monk who visited Cyprus in the XVIII century.

At the walls of the monastery there is a chapel erected above the border of the Apostle Barbara.

Inside, according to local stories, there is a holy spring.

There are trees planted around the monastery, and there is a cafe for tourists.