The Barnabas Monastery (Greek: Άγιος Βαρνάβας; Turkish: Aziz Barnabas Manastırı) is about eight kilometers north of Famagusta and two kilometers west of the ancient city's necropolis Salamis/ Constantia and the archaeological site of Enkomi (Greek: Έγκωμη, Turkish: Tuzla).
There is a tomb where the martyr Barnabas is venerated as the Cypriot national saint, who is said to have come to the island in 45 with the apostle Paul. It is said that his tomb was discovered in 488 by Archbishop Anthemios. The Barnabas Monastery includes a monastery church (the 20th century tower) with a museum of icons, the monastery building with a museum of archeology and a small burial church outside. The monastery church and monastery, restored in 1992, are said to have been built in 1756 by Archbishop Philotheos. Before that there were previous buildings from the 10th century and from the year 477.
After the last three monks left in 1976, the monastery church, which had been left unchanged, became an icon museum and the monastery building became an archaeological museum. The artefacts in the archaeological museum are in particular a very large number of extraordinary ceramics from Enkomi (around 7000 to 1000 BC) and Salamis, unless they are included in the w: Cyprus Museum to Nicosia or in that w: British Museum to London have been spent.
Opening times: daily 9 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. Entry TRY 9.
