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13-629: Thermia can refer to the following : Places and jurisdictions Thermeia , a village in Cyprus the popular and historical name of the Greek island of Kythnos , in the Cyclades (Aegean Greece) the Latin Catholic bishopric of Thermia, 17th century name of the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceo (now titular see of Cea), covering both Cycladic islands

26-629: A teacher in the capital Nicosia . He first worked at the Pancyprian Gymnasium from 1910–1912 as a French language teacher and then at The English School . He also served as the first headmaster of the Mitsis Commercial Academy at Lemithou . Lipertis died in Nicosia in 1937. In 1978, his portrait was depicted on one of two stamps in a commemorative issue themed on Cypriot poets. The other stamp depicted Vasilis Michaelides . Outside

39-658: A trading company. His mother was Kokonou Modinos. He obtained his basic education from various literary figures of Larnaca. He then furthered his studies in Beirut (from 1880–1884) where he studied languages at the American University of Beirut and the Jesuit Université Saint-Joseph specializing in English and French. On his return to Cyprus, he first took up a clerical post (1885–1890) at Larnaca legal courts. For

52-421: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thermeia Thermeia is an ancient village located to the south-east of Kyrenia and is now a suburb of that town. George Jeffery reports that the village was a Çiftlik , an old Turkish farmstead. A stone-and-pebble paved road from Kyrenia passed through old olive groves to the village. The oldest building in

65-417: Is located to the west of the church, suggesting the settlement has shifted or that the church was originally surrounded by its own properties. The stone houses in the village retain the vernacular Gothic elements sometimes found in the traditional domestic buildings of Cyprus; according to Gunnis, the oldest of them dates to about 1740. This was the family home of Dimitris Lipertis , best known for his poetry in

78-411: The 1970s. Gunnis mentions a "curious custom" whereby any child suffering from malaria was carried three times round the church and rolled back and forth in front of the west door. Inside, the church is white-washed and without decoration; the floor was given modern tiles in the 1950s or 1960s. The iconostasis dates to the nineteenth century; the historic icons were removed before 1974; the frame itself

91-645: The Cypriot dialect. The building was heavily restored in 1971-72 by the Department of Antiquities at which time two ruinous rooms to the east side of the house were rebuilt. Dimitris Lipertis Dimitris Theophani Lipertis ( Greek : Δημήτρης Λιπέρτης ; 1866–1937) was a Greek Cypriot poet. Lipertis was born in Larnaca in 1866 (exact date disputed–either 22 September or 26 October). His father, Theofanis Lipertis hailed from Kyrenia , but moved to Larnaca where he set up

104-614: The Greek Orthodox eparchy (diocese) on the above island Biology Thermia (gastropod) , genus of land snails Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thermia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thermia&oldid=691340944 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

117-515: The fifteenth or sixteenth century to judge from the style north door. The bell tower on western corner was added later, perhaps in the eighteenth century. Similar additions and sequences are found in many Cypriot churches, a good parallel being the old Agia Marina in Pyrga, Larnaca . Both Jeffery and Gunnis report that English sailors were buried at the Doğanköy church, but there was no trace of their graves in

130-559: The next decade he worked in various governmental departments such as payroll officer in the public works department, inspector of vineyard diseases, coastguard official etc. Through his various jobs he came into contact with the Cypriot countryside and its genuine inhabitants, along with getting to know the various dialects spoken in the different regions of Cyprus. In 1900 he left Cyprus for Naples where he studied philosophy and then to Athens for theology studies. He also traveled to Egypt in search of employment. On his return he began working as

143-533: The theater of the Municipality of Strovolos, his bust is decorating the entrance on the left while the bust of Vasilis Michaelides stands on the right side. He wrote and published some poetry in katharevousa but the main body of his work is in the Cypriot Dialect . Some of his poems have been set to music by Cypriot composer Achilleas Lymbouridis and Greek composer Dimitris Layios . He is considered as one of

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156-528: The village is a small Orthodox church dedicated to the Virgin Mary . The church, overlooking a river gorge, was built in several phases. The dome, belonging to the eleventh or twelfth century, indicates the building was first planned as a simple cross-in-square church of the Byzantine type. The nave , as well as the masonry encasing the walls round the base of the dome, were constructed subsequently, probably in

169-421: Was damaged subsequently. Efforts to repair the church were undertaken beginning in 2000. While the grounds outside were being cleared of weeds, a number of glazed pot-sherds of the fifteenth or sixteenth century were found, testifying to the long life of the building and settlement. Also found beside the church was an early Christian pillar-base in marble; it may have been brought from Lambousa. The village proper

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