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Christian Tours / To the steps of St. Paul
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......some of
our Excursions!!
Paphos is one of the most beautiful parts of the Island. On the way visit Petra Tou Romiou, the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty. We stop at Kouklia village where, Saint Paul made some of his speeches -later we will visit, Ayia Paraskevi Church in Yeroskipou, a Byzantine Church dating to the 10th century, with a vaulted basilica, a nave and two aisles surmounted by five domes with later frescoes, dating back to the 15th century. See St. Paul’s pillar, in Paphos town. (The emperor of Rome, Sergio Paul became a Christian after listening to Saint Paul’s speeches the mosaics of Paphos i.e. the house of Dionysus and the house of these us return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Visit the monastery of Ayios Ioannis Lampadistis, in the village of Kalopanayiotis. Here at the Karkotis River, Saint Paul baptized Saint Eraklidios whom became a Christian. Then we visit the Kykko monastery, the most famous and richest monastery in Cyprus, founded in 1100 and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It possesses one of the three surviving icons ascribed to St. Luke. Visit the only museum in the whole world of its kind in the history of Christianity & Byzantine time, housed within the monastery’s complex. You return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Visit Saint Lazarus famous church. On the way to visit Hala Sultan, a well-known mosque for the Moslems, we will pass by the Salt Lake. Visit Angeloktisti – Byzantine church dating to the 6th century. After we will visit the Neolithic settlement dated to 6800BC then visit Ayios Minas monastery a famous monastery for icons painting and final we visit the picturesque village of Lfkara well known for its embroideries, laces and silverware. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
The Bishop
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St. Pauls pillar in Paphos |
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Icons preservation department at the Archbishops Palace in Nicosia |
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Group in Kourion Amphitheater in Limassol |
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 Group at the Nicosia Byzantine museum |
