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The wall paintings for this Christmas issue emanate from the Church of the Holy Cross of Agiasmati in the Troodos hills near the village of Platanistasa. Dedicatory inscriptions in the church inform us that it was built by donation of the chief…

Virgin Mary and Elizabeth (St. John Monastery Lampadistis)

An old legend ascribes the founding of the monastery to an aged hermit called Neophytus. Expelled from Syria in the 12th Century, he came to Cyprus with his faithful disciple Ignatius and built a cell on mount Aoos. They sought and obtained Royal…

Vouni Palace

Warrior (6th - 5th Century B.C.).

Wind Surfing at Paphos

The first modern winery was built in 1893 in Limassol and by 1943 there were four major wineries supplying to the European and world markets. In the 1980s small wineries were established with a capacity of 50,000 to 300,000 bottles a year while the…

Betty Ford, First Lady of the Unites States, addressing the International Women's Year Conference on 25th October 1975, believed that the best way to celebrate the year was to examine the very real problems women face today and not the progress of…

The Greek philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) considered education a lifelong affair. He used to profess that teachers should have statues erected in their honor ; for if one needed help at some time or other and someone helped one, then one would be…

Wright Brothers and Wright Flyer