North-west of the village, built among traditional houses, there is the main church of the village dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.
According to tradition, years ago underneath the building of this church there was a cave where infants were buried. Saints Peter and Paul were the doorkeepers of heaven’s gate. In 1958, a church dedicated to the two Saints was built over the cave. The church is quite big and can receive up to three hundred people.
The church is made out of stone and has an arched roof. The external walls are painted white. The church’s parvis is paved with slabs. The statue of Dimitrakis Papamiltiadous who died at the Mouttalos fight in Paphos in 1963 is built in the parvis. The church is fenced by a cast-iron baluster. The belfry is built at the north-west side abutting on the church.
Internally, the church is decorated with frescoes. Above the sanctuary, there is a depiction of the Annunciation along with depictions of Saints decorating the north and south part of the church. The wall at the south side of the church is decorated with a fresco depicting Saints Peter and Paul.
The church’s iconostasis is made out of marble and is decorated by five icons. It has two portals, the main and the north portal. There is a second narrower cincture above this iconostasis with six miniature-icons. Further up there is a third cincture, which is very narrow and has twelve miniature-icons depicting the twelve apostles known in Greek as the “dodekaorto” where “dodeka” is the Greek word for twelve.
The icons were made in 1958. Opposite the sanctuary, there is the women’s loft. The loft’s breast-wall forms a semi-circle and thus allows to women to have an overall view of Mass service.
The Saints feast day is celebrated on the 29th of June and the eparch is present.
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