Not far from the so-called "green mile" - an imaginary line that divides the capital of Nicosia Cyprus into Greek and Turkish parts, is the Church of Faneromeni, which is considered one of the largest Christian churches all over the island. Different sources give different dates of construction of this Church, but it is known that it appeared during the reign of Cyprus, the Lusignan dynasty.

The temple was part of a large convent, named in honor of Panagia Phaneromeni. It is believed that the place of its construction was miraculously discovered a unique icon of the virgin, which gave the name to the monastery and the Church – the word "faneromeni" means "manifested".

When Cyprus was occupied by Turkish troops, the monastery of Faneromeni wanted to turn into a mosque, as has happened with many Christian churches on the island. However, for some reason all the imams of the new mosque shortly after his appointment was dying. Because of this, after some time the Turks abandoned the idea to convert the monastery into a mosque and returned it to the Christian community.

Subsequently, the Phaneromeni Church was almost completely rebuilt from the old building is almost nothing left. Now this temple is one of the centers of Christianity on the island. The icon, which gave the name of the Church and once stored in it, was subsequently transferred to the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III. And in the temple at the moment is a copy, written in 1924. Only for a few days once a year the original icon to return to the temple to conduct the Liturgy in honor of the blessed virgin.

In addition, another attraction of this place is carved iconostasis depicting scenes from the old Testament, which was made in 1659. And the walls of the temple are decorated with colorful paintings.

Also near the Church is a small marble mausoleum, where the remains of those killed by the Turks of the Christian priests and bishops, including Archbishop Kyprianos.