It was October 29 and we decided to visit the village of Lythrodontas outside Nicosia towards Limassol and the Church of Saint Therapon.
The Holy Relics of Saint Therapon were on display and 3 day festivities, called "Panygirin" took place. This year we were invited by our friend Dina, who grew up in Lythrodontas, to visit the Church of Saint Therapon and see the Holy relics in display.
We arrived around 21:00 at the Church at the center of the village. As we were told this was the new Church, as an older one dedicated again ot Saint Therapon is found further down the street.
The Church is surely one of the biggest we have seen in villages around Cyprus so far! The festivities each year in the memory of Saint Therapon gather a lot of people and we witnessed just that during the time we've spent there.
Saint Therapon was a Bishop in Cyprus and is a Saint who performed many miracles by curing sick people. The name Therapon comes form the word "therapia" which is synonymous with the word cure in the Greek language.
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