It's a main sightseeing spot as well as very important Greek Orthodox church of the area.
ラルナカで一番有名な、メインの観光スポットですが、ギリシャ正教会の重要な教会です。
"St. Lazarus, sometime after the Resurrection, he was forced to flee and came to Cyprus. He is said to have lived for thirty more years and on his death was buried there for the second and last time." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Lazarus
聖ラザロが最後の３０年を過ごして、埋葬された、歴史ある場所です。
It founded late 9th century and went through histories...
destroyed, rebuilt, changed to Roman catholic then mosque and sold it back to Orthodox.
９世紀には存在が確認され、破壊されたり、カトリック教会やモスク寺院に替えられたりした歴史もあるそうです。
What they have is not only golden icons, but the tomb of St. Lazarus.
聖ラザロの墓、が地下にあります。
They say this underground tomb area has been remain the same since Roman era.
この地下部分はローマ時代から変わらず保存されてきたということでかなり違う空気が漂っていました。写真を撮るなとは言われていなかったのですが、何とも言えず、撮ろうという気分になる雰囲気ではありませんでした。神聖さと重い空気と静けさと…。
And oh god, it had definitely absolutely completely different air/atmosphere/feeling down there.
No one was stopping me(us) but for me, no way to take pictures or stay there any longer than a minute.
Something was so heavy and holy and old and cold and everything...
However I found some photos on google image so I post them.
(No, nothing in there)
グーグル画像から。中は空です。
"During the subsequent renovations of the church, on November 2, 1972,
human remains were discovered in a marble sarcophagus under the altar,
and were identified as part of the saint's relics"
His relics/some bones are in a silver box upstairs, which we actually could see.
聖遺骨の一部は公開されていて、見られます。
There is a small museum next to the church. It had books and icons etc...
隣に歴史資料館があります。１ユーロ。
As soon as I took a photo of this ancient floor, I leaned "No camera" in there. oops.
昔の床。この後、写真撮影禁止だと言われました・・・。（ごめんなさい）
