Saint Andrew’s Church

One of two Anglican churches located in North Cyprus, St. Andrew’s is regarded widely as an oasis of joy and peace.

Built in 1913 thanks to the generosity of a lay reader Ernest Eldred McDonald and a wealthy Scottish mine owner George Houstoun, St Andrew’s is approaching 110 years of service to the Kyrenia community.

Despite the unsure foundations, the site of St Andrew’s Church was well chosen. A few yards from Kyrenia Castle and the Harbour, it is near to the centre of the town. Indeed, much of the congregation of St Andrew’s is composed of holiday visitors.

Well seen from the outside, the church tower itself was constructed 25 years after the main build. Items of interest within the church include the bowl of the font which is a domestic marble mortar found in 1949 at Lambousa and assigned to the 6th century A.D.  

St Andrew’s Church is part of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf (one of the four dioceses that make up the Episcopal Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East), which includes Cyprus, the Gulf States, Iraq and Yemen, and also a part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.