Agios Prokopios (Sygkrasis, Cyprus)

The pigeons have been left in possession of Agios Prokopios Church. When you enter, the door creaks and they rise in a panic of wingbeats to find their way out through the broken windows around the high central dome. Their droppings pattern the floor, in layers beneath their perches, in blotchy spots elsewhere. Provided you can avoid treading on the more thickly caked areas, the echo of your footfalls will replace the frantic fluttering once the birds have flown away. The pews have been stripped out, as has the altarpiece and most of the interior decoration. Probably there were icons here, and, whilst they may simply have been destroyed, they might instead ...  Read the complete review