Hello everybody,
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are
the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom!”
Marcel Proust
This is what I could first say after my visit to Kiti
village. I remembered I read somewhere that behind Aggeloktisti church is a
nice playground.
So going from Larnaca towards Limassol on the old road I saw
the sign for the church and I said I have to look for the playground. This was
one of my best choices as this place was marvelous.
The sound of tranquility surrounding the old church, young
and old trees, young and old people, a family.
This church as I read to be the Church build by Angels lives
there for our beginnings and for our ends… One old stone in top of the other
make her doors open to us, inviting us to feel her loving soul.
A story lives there to be told:
“In Kiti there's the Ancient church of "Panagia
Aggeloktisti" (Meaning "Virgin Mary, Built by Angels"). There
are two versions regarding the name of the church. The first say that when it
was decided to build the church, the decision was not for the location where it
stands today but for some other place. However, having begun setting the
foundations in that place they observed that as if through a miracle the
foundations had been transferred to the area where the church is today. So,
they continued building in the new venue since it was by now obvious that this
was God's will. However, another odd event occurred. As the construction
continued the builders discovered every morning that the building of the
construction advanced by itself. So, they watched during the night and saw that
around midnight angels would come down from the heavens and chanting hymns for
the Virgin Mary were building the church during the night.
The other version says that because of the Virgin Mary's
mosaic that is found in the church. Anyone noticing it and sees how beautiful
it is says that human hands could not have made such
a mosaic. So, it is believed that also this was made with the aid of Angels.”
A story to be told … A story will be remembered!
A bride is on the alleys of the park … a beginning for a new
family and children to be raised in this place where angels are all around Kiti
– Larnaca – Cyprus .
Lots of sunny days from Izzy the Cypriot Lizard!
"Panagia Aggeloktisti" Church - Παναγίας της Αγγελόκτιστης
Web page: http://www.kiti.org.cy