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Τετάρτη 1 Ιουνίου 2016

Apostle philip chapel near Omodos

The Country Church of Apostle Philip is the oldest of Omodos's country churches and it is located in the "Pente Litharia" (Five Rocks) venue west of the village and at a distance of about 3 kilometres from it.The site used to be a shrine to the god Apollo but the christians changed it to the church we see today This is witnessed by the fact that a large, age-long laurel tree stands next to the country church. Its circumference is 8 meters and its height is 17 meters. Its age is approximately estimated to be a about 1000 years old. 






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