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. History and architecture Tomb of Saint Lazarus in the Church of St. The Church of Agios Lazaros was built over the reputed second tomb of Lazarus. He is said to have lived for thirty more years and on his death was buried there for the second and last time. There he was appointed by Paul the Apostle and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kition (now Larnaca). According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of Jesus, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and came to Cyprus. The Church of Saint Lazarus is named for New Testament figure Lazarus of Bethany, the subject of a miracle recounted in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus raises him from the dead. It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church. The Church of Saint Lazarus ( Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Λαζάρου, Ierós Naós Agíou Lazárou) is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus.
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