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| Ayios Irakleidos 1C |
Ayios Spyridonos 4C |
Ayios
Epiphanios 4C |
Ayios
Nicholas 4C |
Ayios Ioannis |
| Bishop of Tamassos |
Bishop of Tremithos |
Bishop of Salamis |
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the almoner 6C |
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Fresco |
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| Ayios Irakleidios Monastery |
Ayios Varnavas Monastery |
Ayios Varnavas Monastery |
Ayios Nokolaos tis Stegis |
Ayios Chrysostomos Monastery |
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Salamis |
Salamis |
near Kakopetria |
Koutsoventis |
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| Ayios Mnasonos 1C |
Ayios
Trifyllios 4C |
Ayios Tykhonos 5C |
Leontios |
Ayios Demetrianos 10C |
| Bishop of Tamassos |
First Bishop of
Ledra |
Bishop of
Amathus |
Bishop of Neapolis |
Bishop of Kythrea |
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Student ofSpyridonos |
contemporary of
Epiphanios |
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Medallion in Fresco |
Ayios Neophytos Monastery |
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| Stavros Ayiasmati |
Panayia Arakiotissa |
Enkleistra |
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Ayios Antonios |
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Lagoudhera |
Pafos |
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Kellia |
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Ayios
Nikolaos
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Orthodox Name Day is December 6 and the meaning
of the name is people'svictory
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Most of what we know about him is based on legend. He came from Asia
Minor, and was a bishop of Myra in 4C
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As a three day old infant he stood up in his bath,
and every Friday he would refuse his mother's breast
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When his parents died, he gave away their fortune to the poor. For
example, there was a father who had three daughters he could not marry off
because he could provide no dowry. St. Nicholas then threw three golden balls
into his house, and so the maidens got married. He is also said to have revived three children
who had been pickled, as
well as having saved three men from execution.
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It is said that the Ayios Nikolaos
lived the life of a hermit in the Paphos area for a short time. His companion was the hermit St.
Eftychios, with whom he founded the
Monastery ton Iareon.
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The information
about the building of the Monastery ton Iereon by St. Eftychios and St. Nicholas
was discovered by Ephraim the Athenian in an ancient parchment manuscript. It said that the church was
built with stones from the temple of a pagan goddess which was built by the last king of
Paphos
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In art, Saint Nikolaos is depicted as an elderly bishop wearing a cloak of crosses. He also
often stands by three children, in a bath tub, or holding three balls or money
bags or an anchor.
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Ayios Ioannis
the Almsgiver
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Orthodox Name Day is November 11 and the meaning
of the name is God have mercy
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Ayios Ioannis was born
into nobility in Amathus 6C
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When he entered the religious life, he gave his income to
the poor, and became widely known for his holiness and charity.
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As patriarch of Alexandria, Ioannis ordered an exact list to be taken of the
poor, who he
fed every day. One of his first episcopal acts was the distribution of 80,000
pieces of gold to hospitals and monasteries.
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In his last will and
testament he said that he had found the treasury of his church full and left it
empty
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"I have done my best to render to God the things that were
God's"
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Ioannis
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In art, Ayios Ioannis is a
bishop with a wallet or loaf holding a rosary in his hand. Sometimes he is shown
giving alms to a cripple
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.Ayios
Spyridonos
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Orthodox Name day is December 12 and the meaning of the name is basket weaver |
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Ayios Spyridonos was born in Cyprus 3C to a wealthy pastoral
family
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He was ordained a priest and later
bishop of the Tremithos Diocese of Cyprus
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He
was distinguished for his struggle in the name of Orthodoxy
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He converted
a prominent philosopher
by using a chunk of pottery to explain the Christian concept of the trinity
as unified but distinct. He explained that
pottery is made of the three elements of earth, fire, and water, and yet is
unified into a single object - hence his
patronage of potters
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Cypriot painter, George Georghiou,
had a special affection for Ayios Spyridonos |
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who showed his love toward his
flock with frequent journeys to all parts of his diocese on foot
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In art, Ayios Spyridonos is depicted as a bishop wearing a basketwork cap
and sometimes carrying a burning roof tile
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AyiosTrifyllios
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Orthodox Name Day is June 13
and the meaning of the name is ?
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The first bishop of Ledra in 4C
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He was very intelligent and
eloquent
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Ayios Trifyllios was a student of
Ayios Spyridonos who took great pains to lead his disciple towards spiritual
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Ayios Trifyllios built a monastery in Nicosia.. The saint died in old age in about the year 370. |
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In art, Ayios Trifyllios is depicted as an old man
dressed in Bishop's robes
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At the beginning of the twelfth entury the Russian pilgrim Igumen Daniel saw the relics of St. Triphyllios on Cyprus.
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In art, Saint Trifyllios is depicted as ?
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Agios
Mnasonos
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Orthodox Name Day is October 19
and the meaning of the name is ?
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Ayios Mnasonos was a disciple of Saint Paul as well as a
disciple and successor of Ayios Iakleidios as Bishop of Tamassos
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It was as bishop of Tamassos that
Mnasonos performed one of his great miracles, the destruction of the temple of
Asklepios
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He died of at an advanced age and was buried at Tamassos
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In art, Ayios Mnasonos is depicted as an old bearded Bishop
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Ayios
Tykhonos
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Orthodox Name Day is June 16 and the meaning of
the name is coming from the wall (i.e. a miracle)
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Ayios Tyhkno was born in Amathus of Christian parents and was made
Bishop of Amathus by Ayios Epiphanios
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He energetically fought against the last remnants of
paganism in the island, especially denouncing the cult of Aphrodite
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He died in peace having worked numerous miracles during his life and continuing
to do so after his death
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Once he planted a vine in the ground and it wondrously
sprouted and brought forth ripe grapes.
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After his death, on his annual feast-day
on June 16, that vine would be laden with
unripe grapes, as is natural
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but as the Divine Liturgy began, the grapes would
begin to darken, and by the end of it, they would be fully ripened
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In art, Ayios Tykhonos is depicted as ?
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Ayios
Leontios
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Orthodox Name Day is September 13
and the meaning of the name is lion
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Bishop of Neapolis 7C
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He lived in Perivolia for a time
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Cypriot hagiographer who was educated in ecclesiastical
history and trained in rhetoric |
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He was the author of two important biographies of Saints -
the life of Ioannis the
Almsgiver and the life of Symeon the Fool |
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In art, Saint Leontios is depicted as ?
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St.
Irakleidios
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Orthodox Name Day is September 17 and the
meaning of the name is ?
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Agios Eracleidios, bishop of Tamassos
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Ayios Irakleidios was born the son of a pagan priest
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When the Apostles Paul and Varnavas came to Cyprus in 45 AD
to preach, they met the then young Irakleidios who invited
them to take part in the sacrifice to the gods. The Apostles refused and asked to be
shown the road to Pafos
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Irakleidios
escorted the
Apostles and during the journey was converted. The Apostles ordained him as the bishop of
Tamassos.
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He first taught from a small cave with the assistance
of his friend Mnasonos. He became a martyr when pagans killed him at the age of sixty.
Mnasonos succeeded him as bishop of Tamassos.
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In art Ayios Irakleidios is depicted as ?
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Ayios
Epiphanios
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Orthodox Name Day is May 12 and the meaning of
the name is illustrious
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a.k.a. The Oracle of Palestine
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Ayios
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He served as a pupil of Ayios Hilarion and was one of the most
prolific writers
of religious works in 4C
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His
main concerns were the strengthening of monasticism in the form of community
life and the fight against heretics
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In Cyprus, Ayios Epiphanios and Ayios Tychon
destroyed almost all the temples of the island and exterminated thousands of
non-Christians thus ending the local cult of the Goddess Aphrodite
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In art, Ayios Epiphanios is depicted as a bearded, elderly man wearing
a cloak of crosses, one hand raised in blessing and the other holding a
book
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Ayios
Demetrianos
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Othhodox Name Day is November
6 and the meaning of the name is ?
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Born in Sika, Cyprus 10C
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Demetrianos became a monk and served as
Abbot of The Monastery of Ayios Antonios for forty years before he
became bishop of Kythrea, where he served for twenty-five years |
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During a Saracen raid on Cyprus, a great number of Christian captives
were taken to Baghdad |
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Demetrianos went after them and obtained their
freedom |
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In art, Ayios Demetrianos is depicted as a grey bearded old man
dressed in bishop's robes |
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