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Σύμφωνα με την παράδοση, στο σημείο που βρίσκεται το Εκκλησάκι θα κτιζόταν η εκκλησία της Παναγίας. Ενώ, όμως, όλη μέρα έκτιζαν την εκκλησία, τη νύχτα χαλούσε.
17.10.2016
The pilgrimage to the chapel of Panagia Palloura, or – as it is known to the faithful – the “Chapel” of Panagia, is directly associated with the Church of Panagia Chrysogeriotissa.
Photos: George Konstantinou / President of the Association for the Protection of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus
Information: yeri.org
According to tradition, the Church of Panagia was originally intended to be built at the spot where the chapel now stands. However, although the church was being built throughout the day, during the night what had been constructed would collapse.
The faithful preserve the tradition that “the Virgin Mary herself provided the explanation”. She appeared to a believer and revealed that she wished her church to be built elsewhere. She even gave instructions as to what they should do: they were to place her icon on a cart drawn by young oxen, allow the animals to go freely wherever they wished, and build her church at the place where they stopped.
And indeed, the oxen stopped on the small hill northwest of the municipality, among the ruins of the old monastery. It was there, therefore, that the Church of Panagia Chrysogeriotissa was built.
The area surrounding the chapel was restored and landscaped in 2001.
At the chapel stands a centuries-old palloura tree, from which the chapel takes its name.


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