The iconostasis was gold-plated between 17. The woodcarving of the unique baroque iconostasis of the church was done between 17 by Chatzisavvas Taliadorou. In 1857, after the Ottoman authorities again allowed Cypriot churches to have bell towers, the church's bell-tower was rebuilt in a Latinate style. The porch bears traces of Greek, Latin, and French inscriptions. For the next two hundred years it was used for both Orthodox and Catholic services. In 1589, the Ottomans sold it back to the Orthodox, probably because of its Christian cemetery. The three imposing domes of this Orthodox Basilica Church and the original bell tower were destroyed, probably in the first years of Ottoman rule (1571 AD), when the church was turned into a mosque. A stone covered portico ( stoa) of Gothic style was added on its south side during this time. Under Frankish and Venetian rule (the 13th to 16th centuries), the church became Roman Catholic. The church has an open porch, from which steps descend into the church. The stonework of the church consists mainly of square limestone block about a meter in thickness. These pillars bear the weight of the domes thus forming the central aisle while the north and south aisles bear a semi-cylindrical roof, intersected by cross-vaults. The interior structure of the church is divided into three aisles with bulky double pillars and arched openings going through them. ![]() The church is an elongated building measuring 31.5 x 14.5 m with a tripartite sanctuary, semicircular apses internally and three-sided externally and a five-sided apse in the center. Lazarus erected over Lazarus' tomb in the late 9th to early 10th centuries. ![]() In recompense to Larnaca for the translation, Emperor Leo had the Church of St. The transferred relics were later looted by the Fourth Crusade in the early 13th century and were brought to Marseille but subsequently lost. The transfer was apostrophized by Arethas, Bishop of Caesarea, and is commemorated by the Orthodox Church each year on October 17. Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium had Lazarus' remains transferred to Constantinople in 898. In 890, a tomb was found in Larnaca bearing the inscription "Lazarus, four days dead, friend of Christ". Tradition says that the place of Lazarus' tomb was lost during the period of Arab rule beginning in 649. Tomb of Saint Lazarus in the Church of St.
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