ROUND TRIP

Tour route:Omodos Wine Village,Galata church from 16^th century,Nicosia city Green Line,Saint Lazarus church in Larnaca, Aphrodite’s Rock.

According to one legend, this rock is the site of the birth of the goddess Aphrodite, perhaps owing to the foaming waters around the rock fragments, and for this reason it is known as Aphrodite’s Rock. Gaia (Mother Earth) asked one of her sons, Cronus, to mutilate his father, Uranus (Sky). Cronus cut off Uranus’ testicles and threw them into the sea. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, Aphrodite was born out of the foam caused by Uranus’ genitals as they were thrown into the sea.

The Church of Saint Lazarus is named for New Testament figure Lazarus of Bethany, the subject of a miracle recounted in the Gospel of John,in which Jesus raises him from the dead. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of Jesus, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and came to Cyprus. There he was appointed by Paul the Apostle and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kition (now Larnaca). He is said to have lived for thirty more years and on his death was buried there for the second and last time.The Church of Agios Lazaros was built over the reputed second tomb of Lazarus.