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According to tradition the Monastery of the Holy Cross at Omodos was established before S. Helen's arrival in Cyprus in 327 AD.
It is believed that one night the inhabitants of the neighbouring village Koupetra, observed a fire in some bushes at the area where the monastery stands today. In the morning they went to the spot where the fire was seen but there was no sign. This phenomenon repeated for several nights. So they started to dig the earth, discovering a small cave in which they found the Cross. In order to thank the Lord, they constructed a chapel over the cave and kept their precious treasure there, which became a sacred place of adoration for them. With the passage of time the chapel expanded and was converted into a Monastery with many monks and a vast fortune in Cyprus and also abroad.
St. Helen left a part of the Holy Rope and the Holy Rood in the Monastery. This rope, with which the Romans bound Christ to the Cross, is described as red coloured and "stained by the blood of Christ".
In 1917 the entire property of the monastery was given to Omodos's inhabitants. A few years later it was deprived of its last monks and was converted to a parish.
(Compiled from various sources).
Bandera: United Kingdom
Type: Sailing Vessel
IMO: 9222314
MMSI: 232007330
Identificativo de llamada: MZIU7
Gross Tonnage: 493
Desplazamiento: 60
Eslora x Manga: 59.4m x 10m
Año de construcción: 2000
Estado: Active
Stavros is a nice little reservation in Essex, north of Boston. Well worth the short walk to the top, where you get a magnificent view, almost in all directions.
TV coverage of the reconsecration of Stavropoleos church [after major restoration works] June 2012
youtu.be/UL82BC6EKdQ -inside the church
youtu.be/iyEQCYZmWCA -Patriarch Daniel reconsecrates the altar
youtu.be/OqECc8vp3GM -everybody is allowed to enter the altar after the consecration
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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
www.flickr.com/groups/stavropoleos/
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/St...
Stavros S Niarchos is a British brig-rigged tall ship, now renamed "Sunset". She was previously owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. She was primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure sail-training. Launched: 2000
Displacement: 576,100 kg
Beam: 9.9 m
Sail plan: Brig; Sail Area: 1,162 m2 (12,510 sq ft)