According to legend, 40 monks from Cyzicus of Asia Minor, during the era of Byzantine Iconoclasm abandoned the Monastery of Megalos Agros and arrived in Cyprus carrying the icon of the Holy Mother.

When the latter find the Monastery closed, they take it out on the tax collector of Agros, Constantinos Kemitzis, who chose not to testify of having known about the exarch.

[citation needed] According to the research of Petros Papapolyviou, which is cited in the book of Hadjipetris, three men from Agros were volunteers in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

The imposition of customs duties by the British government, in combination with its denial to satisfy the motion for unification and the difficult financial conditions of that period on the island, constituted the basic causes for the 1931 Cyprus revolt.

[citation needed] Among the people of Agros who participated were Glafkos Clerides, former president of the Republic of Cyprus, and Andreas N. Tzionis.

[citation needed] Agros was the site of Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) efforts against the British authorities.

Gregoris Afxentiou led the guerrilla fighters of the entire Troödos area from Agros.

The Youth of EOKA, or ANE, was established in the Apeiteio Gymnasium by Pitsilia sector-head Renos Kyriakides and head of Agros Diomedes Mavroyiannis.

The last curfew was imposed in Agros and Agridia on 22 January 1959, when the women of these two communities threw stones against English soldiers.

Local tourists were attracted to Agros from the early stages of Cyprus's agrotourism inception.

The village maintains its traditional character and offers a natural and built with significant historical, religious, and cultural sites.

The village of Agros hosts a monument near Apeitios High School to honor Petros Iliadis, a member of EOKA who fought against the British authorities of Cyprus.

In order to protect themselves from the epidemic, all the inhabitants moved and constructed their houses right outside the monastery, creating the village of Agros.

In that same year and in the same location, the inhabitants started building the village church, which still exists now at the center of Agros.

This icon has been preserved and today it can be found in the nearby little church, which was constructed in 1990 so as to remind the existence of the “Monastery of Great Agros”.

[5] East of the village, in the midst of the traditional houses, the church of Timios Prodromos (John the Baptist) was constructed around 1860.

[citation needed] Agros hosts the Museum Fragoulides, which is built near the church of Panagia.

The founding of the museum was proposed by Solon Papachristodoulou, godchild and sole heir of Solomos Fragoulides.

Solonas, in cooperation with the Association of Farmers and Friends of Agros, the members of the Executive Council, and the help of the entire village organized the museum.

[citation needed] His work focuses on religious themes, painting the portable icons of the church of Panagia.

While these pastry products are ubiquitous in Cyprus, the traditional Agros recipe is flavored with rosewater.

[citation needed] Traditional Cypriot salted and smoked meats are produced in Agros, particularly chiromeri, lountza, and bacons.

Chiromeri is brined, marinated in wine, then pressed by kapnistiri (a traditional tool) so that the liquids of the meat come out.

[citation needed] The 2005 Helvetia Cup or 2005 European B Team Championships in badminton was held from 19 to 23 January in Agros, Cyprus.