means the friend of jesus. >> those words, friend of jesus, that really clinched it for people here in larnaca. they believe that they will have the bones of saint lazarus. >> today the bones are preserved in a golden rel squarery. >> it is a piece of the head of st. lazarus. >> so we've got six bones maybe arms or leg bones, and a piece of skull? >> yes. >> the story that is told today is that the cypriots only gave the emperor part of the body of lazarus. in fact, parts of the skull of lazarus is paraded on the island of cyprus every feast day on march 17th. >> unbroken continuity from that period to our time.