Osios David - Latomou Monastery( Όσιος Δαυίδ - Μονή Λατόμου)

Osios David monastery was founded at the end of the 5th begging of the 6th century. It was built over an earlier roman building and it used to be the catholicon, the main church, of Latomos Monastery. The original church was really small and square, with an entrance in the west wall and an apse at the east end. Afterwards, in each of the four corners a small chamber was constructed and lead in the creation of a cross with equal arms in the area of the temple. Nowadays the entrance of the church is on the south side as the west side is destroyed.

During the years of the Ottoman occupation the church was converted into a mosque and the larger part of the unique mosaic and frescos of the interior was destroyed and whitewashed. After the liberation of the city in 1921 Osios David Monastery turned over into a Christian church again and the famous mosaic was discovered.

The visitors of Osios David have the chance to observe the beautiful interior decoration of the monastery and the unique mosaic from the 5th – 6th century in the conch of the sanctuary and wall-paintings that date back to the 12th century A.D.