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The monastery which bears Barnabas' name was originally
built in the last part of the fifth century, to commemorate
the discovery of his body, and the dignity and the seniority
it brought to the early Christian Church of Cyprus. Parts
of the early building have been preserved in the more recent
churh which was built by Archbishop Philotheos in 1756.
The money for the purchase of the land on which the monastery
was built, is supposed to have been provided by the Byzantine
Emperor at the time Barnabas' body was found. The marble
columns supporting the domes are conspicuous and rather
spectacular.
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