{"id":3735,"date":"2017-12-22T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tremithousa.org\/?page_id=3735"},"modified":"2018-01-11T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T09:53:17","slug":"church-of-agios-reginos-orestis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tremithousa.org\/en\/tour\/churches-chapels\/church-of-agios-reginos-orestis\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Agios Reginos &#038; Orestis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old church of the village that was dedicated to Riginos and Orestis, two foreign saints -which were however reported as having lead an ascetic life in Cyprus and are celebrated together on the 20<sup>th<\/sup> of August -was located a bit outside of the village, to the east and near a river.\u00a0 The church got destroyed and collapsed with the earthquake that occurred in 1953.\u00a0 Indeed, there is a tradition reporting that, a bit further from this church, there was a bridge with a cave right beneath it, which had stalactites in its interior.\u00a0 Water was springing from that spot.\u00a0 During their tour of Cyprus for the purpose of preaching Christianity, the two saints hid in that cave and remained there for two-three days after being persecuted.\u00a0 This place is considered as a holy one and many are the faithful that seek to be healed by washing their hands and face with the miraculous water of this cave, the two saints also being known as miracle makers with regards to having fever and shivering.\u00a0 The cave is extant today although it is deserted.<\/p>\n<p>In 1963 the new church of the Saints Riginos and Orestis started being built.\u00a0 The church was completed and baptised in 1965 in a location at the centre of the village and a bit further from the church of St George.\u00a0 Amidst the houses of the village, it is made of stone and has a semicircular roof that is covered with tiles.\u00a0 The steeple is a simple structure adjacent to the rest of the building, it is not very tall, and it has two bells. \u00a0It can accommodate 100-150 Christians.\u00a0 Internally, the icon screen is made as a mosaic (intarsia) and it is completed by the embedded holy icons.\u00a0 The Psalters are wooden -an old making -as is the High Priest&#8217;s throne.\u00a0 There is no women&#8217;s loft but the holy icon dedicated to the saints (18<sup>th<\/sup> century) is placed on a special, sealed kneeling desk to the left of the icon screen and towards the corner.\u00a0 A liturgy takes place in it once or twice a month.\u00a0 The day of the two saints is celebrated jointly on the 20<sup>th<\/sup> of August, their holy icon being carried about in procession.<\/p>\n<div id=\"69e355e808320\" class=\"gg_gallery_wrap gg_true_gallery gg_standard_gallery gid_3902 gg_hidden_ol gg_ol_bottom_mode gg_main_ol_show_on_h \" data-gg_ol=\"default\"  rel=\"3902\" data-nores-txt=\"No images found\">              <div class=\"gg_loader\">            <div class=\"ggl_1\"><\/div>            <div 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