The church of saint Ioakem and Annie is the boast and pride of the residents of Kaliana.
The church is in the center of the village and due to its high belfry, it can be seen by the people who visit the village.

It is a building of the 12th century in a Royal type and it is a tourist attraction for many people who admire the ancient hagiographies as well as its imposing presence. The church has a unique design that you rarely meet in Cyprus.

Today the church of Kaliana is dikliti (two aisles) and with wooden roof. The north aisle concludes in apses on the east, with three sides externally and of shapeless semicircle form internally. The south aisle concludes in a straight wall on the east. The aisles are divided with three arches which are supported in two pessaries and on the west wall and in the wall which the apses go on. The eastern part of the south aisle is divided with a wall from the rest of the temple and it is a special place which contacts with the rest of the aisle with a small short door. The church has a main entrance in the middle of the west wall of the north aisle and a small entrance on the west point of the west aisle.

When you enter in the church, on the north wall of the temple there are two big rectangular windows which were opened in modern years .Another rectangular window was opened in the centre of the apse. There are two small openings on the east and west gable. On the stilt of the roof there are painted shields of the 15th century which are not in a good condition today.

The today form of the church is an outcome of many interventions that were done in several times. Initially it was in the space were the arches were while during the 16th century a lot of changes took place which expanded the church to the south and to west. In order for this to be done the west wall was demolished and the south one was replaced by three arches .this is obvious in the south part of the roof which is the shortest one .Because of this intervention and some others that were done now and then, even though the church was ancient UNESCO did not place it in its international inheritance.

Its belfry is much newer and it was built in 1924 μ.χ.

Initially the church was fully hagiographic but through the years and the interventions that were conducted from time to time ,today only few hagiographies are saved which are in a poor condition ,but they do not seize to be interesting and cause awe to each one of us .These hagiographies are of the 12th century .

As we enter the temple we see on the left, on the eastern side of the west window of the north wall, the hagiography of the Saints Forty which is in the most tolerable condition of all the others. On the north wall, eastern of the window there is the picture of ‘Epapanti tou Kyriou’ (Christ’s welcoming) and on the west the Saints Constantine and Helen.

The iconostasis shows great interest which is newer. In the beautiful Gate on the top we can see the Archangels and the three hierarchies together with Saint Nicolas on the bottom. On the right side of the beautiful Gate there is the icon of Christ and the following: Saint John the precursor, Saint Ioakem and Annie, Saint Marina, Saint Kyprianos, and saint Demetrius. On the left of the beautiful Gate there is the icon of the Virgin Mary of Kalianotissa (copy of 1897) and next to it, the icons of saint John the Theologian and saint Paraskevi.

There is a special interest on the icon of Kalianotissa which is double –faced with the Crucifixion on the one side and Virgin Mary the Guide which has the name of Kalianotissa with scenes of her life in the frame that surrounds her. The original icon was painted in 1240 μ.χ. and there was a copy in 1897 μ.χ.

The church celebrates three times a year .On the 9th December when there is the birthday of the temple and the conception of Saint Annie is celebrated, that means the event in which Saint Anna conceived Virgin Mary.

On the 9th December the induction of saint Ioakem and Annie is also celebrated and on the 25th July there is the Assumption.