Agios Amvrosios, Kyrenia

Agios Amvrosios (Greek: Άγιος Αμβρόσιος; Turkish: Esentepe) is a village located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, east of the Kyrenia. It is under the de facto control Northern Cyprus. The village got its name from Saint Ambrose where a church is dedicated to his name and had one of the largest churches of Cyprus, built in 1910. The church of Saint Ambrose has been now converted into a mosque.Saint Ambrose is numbered among the Saints of Cyprus and had come from Palestine with Saint Epictitus, who gave his name to Agios Epiktitos and other monks chased by the Saracens. Saint Epiktitos lived as an ascetic twenty-seven kilometers to the west and Saint Ambrose lived as an ascetic monk in this area. In the confusion of time instead of honouring Saint Ambrose the local ascetic who became a Sa

Agios Amvrosios, Kyrenia

Agios Amvrosios (Greek: Άγιος Αμβρόσιος; Turkish: Esentepe) is a village located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, east of the Kyrenia. It is under the de facto control Northern Cyprus. The village got its name from Saint Ambrose where a church is dedicated to his name and had one of the largest churches of Cyprus, built in 1910. The church of Saint Ambrose has been now converted into a mosque.Saint Ambrose is numbered among the Saints of Cyprus and had come from Palestine with Saint Epictitus, who gave his name to Agios Epiktitos and other monks chased by the Saracens. Saint Epiktitos lived as an ascetic twenty-seven kilometers to the west and Saint Ambrose lived as an ascetic monk in this area. In the confusion of time instead of honouring Saint Ambrose the local ascetic who became a Sa