Close to a large cave that Saint Sozon hid in when he was pursued by the Saracens in the 7th century a new church is being constructed in his memory.
Sozon is a local saint of Pafos who is still celebrated on September 7th and before he was sanctified, was a shepherd from Plakountoudin, a medieval settlement near Asprogia Village.
We visited the new church in early 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak in its early period of construction, as shown in the photograph above.
In this area Saint Sozon became a martyr, and opposite the cave and the river a temple was built with his icon and his relics. The ruins of this temple are still visible to this day and the icon is kept in Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery, while some of the remains are preserved there and the rest are in the Monastery of Machaira.
(February 2020)
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We visited again in late November 2020 to see how construction had moved on, as shown in the photograph above and two photographs below.   |
 While we were there Nicholas arrived with his wife and kindly opened up the church for us. |
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 Nicholas has spent a lot of his time and money in the construction of the church and we look forward to returning to the church when it is completed sometime in 2021. (27th November 2020) |
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