Agios Neophytos Monastery

Name: Agios Neophytos Monastery
Address: Agios Neofytos Ave., Paphos, Paphos, CY
Telephone: +357 26 652481

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Agios Neophytos Monastery is a monastery and museum near Tala, north of Paphos, with a rock-cut hermitage.

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Rock-cut chapelThe chapel occupies two rooms, forming a nave and sanctuary.Enklistra hermitage, inside the natural cave.
Neophytos’s cellThe monk’s former cell has a separate entrance.The last room of the Enklistra.

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The Enklistra has four rooms carved into a steep rock face.
Áyios Neóphytos (monastère) - Wikipedia
A monastic community still lives at the monastery.
Ι. Μ. Αγ. Νεοφύτου Εγκλείστου

He enlarged it by carving a chapel and another chamber into the rock, and founded the monastery in the 12th century.

1159Neophytos settled as a hermit in a natural cave near Paphos.
12th c.Neophytos founded the monastery and enlarged his hermitage by carving into the rock.
c. 1219Neophytos was buried in the Enklistra, as he had instructed.
1571The cave entrances were walled up to protect the rock-cut hermitage during the island’s occupation.
1757The rock-cut hermitage and Neophytos’s relics were rediscovered.

Where

Agios Neofytos Ave., Paphos

What are the opening hours of Agios Neophytos Monastery?

The monastery is open daily from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00.

Where is Agios Neophytos Monastery?

It is in the community of Tala, 1 km north of the village and 15 km north of Paphos.

Is there a museum at Agios Neophytos Monastery?

Yes. The museum presents the community’s history and contains icons and manuscripts.

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