Emba (Greek: Έμπα) is one of the largest villages in Paphos, Cyprus. It is spread over a wide area and not only borders Paphos but also the villages of Chlorakas, Kissonerga, Tala, Tremithousa and Mesogi. It has a population of 4,500 people. So, we were there and here are our photos from there -->
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| Paphos, Emba, Cyprus |
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| Panagias Chryseleousas Church |
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| Paphos, Emba, Cyprus |
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| Panagias Chryseleousas Church |
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| Panagias Chryseleousas Church |
We found this haphazard. After Polemi village we dissected go to the Akamas. And in our road we found this please. And just stopped to walk and to see beautiful old Panagias Chryseleousas Church, nice park and
new Church of Apostolos Andreas. Very beautiful plaсe and then it turned out very close to the place where we live.
After that we go to the Akamas and our first meeting with this please.
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| Central Square of Emba |
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| Central Square of Emba |
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| Central Square of Emba |
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| Central Square of Emba |
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| Church of Apostolos Andreas |
There are also a number of chapels in Emba such as the Byzantine
chapel dedicated to Saint George (in the vicinity of Petridia), the cave
chapel of Saint Limbros (also at Petridia), and the new chapel
dedicated to Saint Charalambos. At Petridia in former times there was
also the church of Saint Akakios built on land which was a dependency of
the Monastery of Stavros at the village of Omodos. The other chapels of
Emba now in ruins are the following: the Chapel of Saint Eleftherios,
the Chapel of All Saints (Ayioi Pantes), the Chapel of Timios Prodromos,
the Chapel of Saint Sofronios, the Chapel of Saint Mercurios, the
Chapel of the Five Saints (Ayioi Pente): Efstratios, Afxentios,
Evgenios, Mardarios, Orestis), the Chapel of Saint
Paraskevi[disambiguation needed] and the Cave of Saint Kournoutas at
Petridia.
Recently a new church was constructed near
the old one; it was dedicated to the apostle Andreas (St. Andrew) and on
his name day, 30 November, a religious festival is held on the church
grounds. Apart from this very new church there are also many small
chapels scattered around the rest of the village.
Emba has a few
shops and tavernas dotted along the narrow winding road that runs
through the village. In the evening the local men can be seen sitting
outside their local and often spilling out onto the narrow roads on
their wooden chairs.
Outstanding personalities of the
village of Emba include the Bishop Anthimos of Irinoupolis (situated
then in the Middle East) who was born at the village of Emba and died in
1791, Nikolas Solomonides who was the private secretary of the Dragoman
of Cyprus Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios,but also a poet and an intellectual,
his brother Andreas Solomonides who was a nobleman and was employed at
the Ottoman Court (seraglio) in Nicosia and thus saved the church of
Emba from being destroyed by the Ottomans, but also the villagers of
Emba from paying taxes to them after 1821. They both lived during the
end of the 18th century and early 19th century. Another outstanding
personality from Emba was Father Christodoulos (1816), a great priest of
the village.
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