A hitherto unpublished 10th-c. funerary (?) painted inscription from a rather remote middle Byzantine church in rural Cyprus provides unambiguous evidence of the impact of Bardas Skleros’ revolt in areas not directly affected by the rebel’s activities. It also yields information on the floruit of Epiphanius IV, a little known metropolitan of the island. Finally, and most importantly, it furnishes the earliest and most secure terminus ante quern for any medieval building on Cyprus and for the introduction of the cross-in-square church type and the elaboration of its local variant.