Vasilikos House Tokhni

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... west of the monastery, and not far from his native village of Panayia.

The monastery holds religious fairs on September 8th, (Birth of the Virgin) and August 15th (Dormition of the Virgin).



How to get here:

Air: Paphos International Airport.

Road: Road to Pedoulas which leads to Kykkos (from Troodos); road north towards Platres, past Pedoulas to ...

... now I find it difficult driving here by myself even if I had a car. The highway going to Nicosia has changed the whole area, and I am very disappointed when I walk pass the church,not to find that beautiful greenery of the area I had in mind, - the small bushes, where once in a while rabbits could be seen hiding and running here and there, or partridges flying in the round area!



In spring we used to come here to ...

... years belonged to Turks. After the war, Turks settled in Cypriots houses in the north, and Cypriots had to do the same with what they found in the south. So, they entered these houses, and stay here ever since.
I remember those days that we knew Turkish students from school, and believe me we were thinking of them just as much as we cared about Cypriots.
So, sorry my friend, hope you fogive me.
I just don't ...

... was undertaken.

Extraordinary archeological excavations in the same year revealed the place was inhabited since Neolithic times.

Nowadays, the monument receives thousands of pilgrims and tourists.

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THE PHOTOS IN THE ENTRY : some were taken in March, and the others the end of October. Notice the difference!

... the tomb of Saint Lazarus under the sanctuary and the ecclesiastical museum behind the church.

Some woodcarving of the golden surfaced iconostas were completed the 17th century

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THE ANGELOKTISTI CHURCH

This church is found at Kiti ...

... aekkia” ….I laugh every time I hear her.



A Greek friend of mine asked me why Cypriots have two consonants in some names one next to the other and how they pronounce these words.

I told her for instance that the name (Ttofis) which is a Cypriot name is pronounced with a double strong T like we pronounce the word (toffy) in English. The ...

... according to many of the Turkish Cypriots in the Northern part of the island... the Southern Cypriots call it an occupied land... either way the history is complex and convoluted and hard to ascertain as to the villains and the victims of this long drawn out production...  We flew into Lefkosa in the North, took a taxi to the border, walked to the Turkish Cypriot checkpoint, with passports checked we headed through the Green Line Zone, an area of void ...

... realizes that from here the horizons become wider, much wider than those framed by the concepts and borders of the little milk-and-honey pancake called BeNeLux. Amstelveen, until few short hours ago the anchor of my cherished piece of mind, even my preferred climate and way of life - now seems all gone, so very provincial and totally insignificant against this reality here. Carry an iPod with your favorite pieces of music, sharpen your eye and enlarge your personal memory ...

... on the fate of my charger. FIXED! I was pleased as considering the number of electronic gadgets that take batteries - I count 8, a charger than can charge 10 AA or AAA overnight with a mains adaptor or trickle charge over 2 days using the clip on solar panel is a necessity. Next stop the capital and the only realistic way of getting there was following the motorway. Noisy but safe as I could follow the ...