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. It is one of three Byzantine churches which have survived in Cyprus the other two are the Church of the Apostle Barnabas near Salamis, and the church that was built in the walkway leading from the Epiphanios to the font. 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 Byzantiumhad Lazarus' remains transferred to Constantinople in 898. In 890, a tomb was found in Larnaca bearing the inscription 'Lazarus the friend of Christ'. Tradition says that the place of Lazarus' tomb was lost during the period of Arab rule beginning in 649. 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 and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kition (present-day Larnaca). According to Orthodox tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of Christ, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and came to Cyprus. The Church of Saint Lazarus is a late-9th century church in Larnaca.
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