Omodos, the wine capital of Cyprus, a village in the Troödos Mountains |
Monastery of Timiou Stavrou, Omodos |
Omodos, Cyprus - population ca. 300 |
Shop in Omodos - Anonymous but Famous |
Embroidery in Omodos showing Christmas spirit |
House in Omodos |
Village Square - Omodos |
Village Square with outdoor cafés, Omodos |
Omodos Village Square - PFP Hand Made Leather Goods |
Autumn comes late to Cyprus |
Ktima Gerolemo - one of the wineries of Omodos, Cyprus |
Bust of Dositheos, Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, Omodos |
Dositheos was killed in 1821 during the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Turks |
Monastery of the Holy Cross, Omodos - claiming to have been founded in 210 AD, before St Helen's visit in 327 |
Moni Timiou Stavrou - Monastery of the Holy Cross, Omodos |
Outside the monastery church, Omodos |
Icon of the Holy Cross - Omodos |
The Monastery's greatest treasure is the rope allegedly used by the Romans to fasten Christ to the cross, complete with blood |
Church Tower - Omodos |
Typical Cypriot Greek Orthodox church tower |
The Monastery of the Holy Cross no longer houses monks |
The monastery was restored 1816 and again in 1850 |
Bell Tower - Monastery of the Holy Cross |
The monastery surrounds the church on three sides |
The monastery is said to house the skull of the Apostle Philip, which had been in Constantinople until 1204 |
Village of Omodos, Cyprus |
Socrates Traditional House, Omodos |
Linos Winery - Omodos |
Omodos Wine Press & Museum |
Omodos Wine Press |
Omodos Wine Press |
Omodos Wine Press & Museum |
Omodos Wine Press & Museum |
Omodos Wine Press & Museum |
Another place offering the local wine Ktima Gerolemo, Odomos |
Prophet Elias Winery - Grape Marck, Omodos |
Super Friendly Cat - Omodos |
Studry stone house with dark wooden doors and balcony, Omodos |
Old town of Omodos on a nice clear day |
Omodos under a blue sky |
Old house in Omodos, Cyprus |
The Olympia Gallery - Omodos |
An old Bedford bus from the 1950's or 1960's - Cyprus |
Cyprus ceramic table wear with black olive motif |
Giftshop in Omodos, Cyprus |
Omodos, Cyprus |
The village of Omodos in the Troödos Mountains |