The Monastery of Panagia Trikoukkia is located 2 kilometers from the village of Prodromos on the way towards the resort village of Platres, in a beautiful natural environment and excellent views. The name is said to come from trikoukkies or ... In another view, the Monastery is so named because during the Ottoman Rule the monastery was entitled to take, one tenth of the income shares of the Kouklia Estate in Paphos, and this share was called antikoutsin or trikoutsin. ...
Information for its establishment and its founders are unfortunately not known but it is considered to be of the same age as the other major Monasteries of Cyprus, namely Kykkos, Macheras, Trooditissa, bTrikoukkia/b, Saint Nicholas tis b..../b This bhotel/b started business in 1915 and was running for many years until 1960.In the meantime, the Monastery became subject to the newly made Bishopric of Limassol.In 1960, the situation in the region led to the closure of the bHotel/b. ...
