The Acheiropoietos Monastery (Greek: Μονή Ἀχειροποίητου, also Παναγία Ἀχειροποίητος and Acheripoetos) was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox monastery in Lambousa near Lapithos, Cyprus. == History == According to tradition, the monastery got its name from an acheiropoietos (meaning made without hands), an icon believed to have been miraculously moved from its original location in Asia Minor by the Virgin Mary to save it from destruction due to the Turkish conquest.
The Acheiropoietos Monastery (Greek: Μονή Ἀχειροποίητου, also Παναγία Ἀχειροποίητος and Acheripoetos) was a medieval Byzantine Orthodox monastery in Lambousa near Lapithos, Cyprus. == History == According to tradition, the monastery got its name from an acheiropoietos (meaning made without hands), an icon believed to have been miraculously moved from its original location in Asia Minor by the Virgin Mary to save it from destruction due to the Turkish conquest.
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