Ayia Napa Conference Center / Cyprus

Aims

Serves the needs of the  churches of Cyprus and the Middle East;

Provides a place for coming together from different traditions;

Offers an atmosphere of beauty, history and peace - for study, reflections, prayer, worship;

Welcomes Christians from other parts of the world who seek to become acquainted with the life and work of the churches of Cyprus and the Middle East;

Provides hospitality to Christians and non-Christians as they meet the living church working in unity;

Is available for use of inter - church agencies, for groups from a single church, for youth organizations and for cultural activities.

Organization

Ayia Napa Conference Center is located in the 15th-Century Ayia Napa Monastery, in the village of the same name. The Monastery, no longer in active use, was made available by the late Archbishop Makarios and the Orthodox Church of Cyprus for use as an ecumenical conference center. Modern rooms were added to augment the facilities provided by the existing buildings, with financial assistance being provided through an Inter-Church Aid project of the World Council of Churches Commission on Inter-Church, Refugee and World Service.

The Center is administered by a Board of management representing the various churches  in Cyprus: Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Armenian Apostolic Church, Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East (Anglican), Roman Catholic Church (Latin) and Maronite Church.

The Center's Director and staff arrange for visitors' accommodation and are available to assist groups in planning their program activities.

Facilities

Accommodation is offered in sixteen double rooms, with private bath, aircondition, and each with its own veranda.

The lovely old cloisters include conference rooms, the dining room, library and the Center offices surrounding a courtyard dominated by the village old Orthodox Church.

From the Center it is a ten-minute walk to the sea, in an area of fine sandy beaches and rocky coves. Longer excursions from the Center can take visitors to places associated with the development of the church in Cyprus since Biblical times and the missionary work of the Apostles Paul and Barnabas.

For more information, write to:

Ayia Napa Conference Center / Monastery
P.O. Box 30048
5340 Ayia Napa
Cyprus
Tel.: +357-3-721284 / 721288
Fax: +357-3-722584
E-Mail: meccnapa@spidernet.com.cy