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Church of Panagia Trimiklini

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Church of Panagia Trimiklini

In the Centre of Trimiklini village, there are two churches, which are devoted to the miraculous icon of Panagia Eleousa. The oldest church, was built in 1744 as indicated in the i…

'Ariones'

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'Ariones'

The Ariones Limassol Choir was founded in March 2002 by a group of friends in order to maintain the timeless songs of great Greek composers, such as Tsitsanis and many others, the …

For the Love of Wine

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For the Love of Wine

This is the title of a wonderful book for anyone who appreciates Cyprus Wine. Produced by Christine Sternberg and Marcos Gittis, it gives a good account of the world of wine in Cyp…

Grape Festival-  in  Cypriot wine villages 

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Grape Festival- in Cypriot wine villages 

In September and October, many events take place in the Cypriot wine villages dedicated to grapes and various products derived from them. Visitors can watch the production of wine …

Liotatis Magic Family

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Liotatis Magic Family

The "Liotatis Magic Family" is very popular in the cultural life of Cyprus, simply because their tricks have been amusing children and adults all over the island. The whole family …

Fusion of Art and Eroticism

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Fusion of Art and Eroticism

This is the (almost) true story of Aphrodite or – to be precise – the story of the ancient festivities in her honour. This Graphic novel was launched in July 2016 in Nicosia and ha…

Chapel of St. Dhometios

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Chapel of St. Dhometios

The chapel of St. Dhometios is built on a rocky hill with small caves on the south side of the City and was the first church of St. Dhometios. The church is from the Franco-Byzanti…

Photography Competition In Pissouri

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Photography Competition In Pissouri

The Photography Competition In Pissouri has been successfully held " in memory of Neoklis Antoniadis, who served and contributed to the community for 40 years . The contest was spo…

Let's go to the Apple Festival

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Let's go to the Apple Festival

The picturesque Kyperounta, feasts the 15th apple festival, the weekend 8 and October 9, one of the biggest local festival of Cyprus. Residents for days dealing with passion and ze…

Photography Competition "Feelings"

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Photography Competition "Feelings"

ORASIS Photo Club, announce the Pancyprian Photography Competition “FEELINGS”. The competition is organised with the support of the Cyprus Association of Cancer patients & Friends …

Zivania

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Zivania

Joseph knocked on the door of an old village house. “I have a surprise for you,” he said to our group. The door opened. Slowly our eyes adjusted to the relative darkness within. We…

Feast of the Harvest

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Feast of the Harvest

Apart from the celebration of hazelnut, Polystipos is known also by the celebration of palouze (Cyprus grape jelly). "The harvest festival" as named by the inhabitants, it took it'…

Palouzes & shoushoukos

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Palouzes & shoushoukos

Palouzes and shushukos are exclusively known as traditional Cypriot delicacies. Want to learn how to prepare a homemade sweet palouze? This is the right article of a full guidance …

Embodied

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Embodied

The world of the grotesque is the darkness within us. Embodied is an art photography series by Angelina Demosthenous, capturing an improvised,intuitive performance piece by Demmie …

Alalia

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Alalia

Antreas Ierides and Maria-Isabella Achilleos present their project ‘’Alalia’’. ‘’Alalia’’ is an attempt to combine words and picture and thus create a harmonic amalgam of Poetry an…