Patriki

In his book Historic Cyprus (second edition 1947) Rupert Gunnis (who was Inspector of Antiquities on the island at the time) wrote: The principal church of the village dedicated to the Archangel Michael is without interest.

Near by lies a small Chapel of St. George, with a few fragments of early woodwork built into the miserable iconostasis, which is otherwise formed of boards from packing-cases.

One of the most curious local customs still remaining in the island is practised every Easter Monday in this village; all the married persons gather into the churchyard, and the men, without taking off their coats, have to crawl through a hole in a large stone which stands here.

In 1935 only one man stuck, and he, on his return home, beat his wife and has since started divorce proceedings, the fact that he was unable to pass through the stone being considered by him and his co-villagers as ample evidence.Pre-1974, the main church used by the Greek Orthodox villagers was Archangelos Michail, however it was desecrated by the Turkish Army post-1974 and has been used as a mosque since.

The village is also home to two chapels, Agios Prodromos and Panagia Trypimeni, both of which suffer from desecration and neglect as a result of the Turkish occupation.