Apostolos Andreas. A place of history. A pilgrimage for the Greek Orthodox faithful, who sought the healing power of Saint Andreas. Author Colin Thubron, in his book Journey into Cyprus, noted that as early as 1191 AD, an abbey had stood on the site. Today a fifteenth-century chapel covers its healing wells. Legend has it that the water sprang beneath the feet of Saint Andreas as he landed on the shore. In 1972, when Thubron wrote, the giant square of huts around the monastery accommodated visitors by the hundreds. “For St. Andreas is a great miracle-worker, and this is the Lourdes of Cyprus.” Thubron described a carnival atmosphere as people flocked there for blessings and miracles. He witnessed a throng of baptisms being held with the “drive of an industry,” the faithful lifting their children to kiss the icons there. That must have been the Saint Andreas of Panos’s childhood, the memory he loved and sought.
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