Saturday 8 May 2021

A Nice Walk - Nearby - All Roads Lead to Inea


The weather has been hotting up so Nicky and I had decided to walk earlier than normal - planning to be off by 8.00am so that we could complete our exercise before it got too warm.  Nicky had said she was keen to push herself a bit morein terms of distance and elevation but after her fall she is still nervous about missing her footing so prefers walks which are on recognisable roads and paths rather than off piste.  We know that the Komoot app is a little skinny on the distance and elevation it calculates but I have to admit I didn't realise the walk I had planned was going to be quite so taxing.  

We started out from our houses and walked to Inea - turning left as we entered the village and witnessed our Photovoltaic guy Soteris driving up a one way street the wrong way, meeting a vehicle coming the right way thus reversing back, knocking his passenger rear light off the truck and then carrying on regardless!!


The start of the walk was one long descent - and we knew that this could only mean one thing - there would be one very long ascent at some point.  It was lovely though and the weather was perfect and we made our way carefully along taking in the views and the warmth and making sure that we walked where it was stable!!


In some places today the countryside was almost English like - with a variety of trees which were not Olive and/or Carob.  So we walked down out from Inea towards the sea keeping the radar of Droushia to our right and then we turned up towards the radar so that we had some pretty spectacular views of the coastline around Lara Bay.


The rocks in and around Droushia and Inea are apparently pretty famous for those who like rock climbing and even if you are not a climber yourself they provide some pretty spectacular shots.  We left the radar behind us and started walking back towards Inea past some rocks and the Inea Vrisi which is a spring where they used to do their washing I think but you wouldn't use it know as it is pretty green and slimy and full of bull frogs!!


We came past the lovely little old church we had seen before - this time our friend Yiannis Michaelides could tell us that this church is dedicated to Agios Iakovos.  It was a great walk and although Nicky had a good old whinge that the distance and elevation had 'broken her'.  I think the lady doth protest too much!!!

On October 9, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Iakovos (James), Son of Alphaeus who was one of Jesus’ Twelve Apostles.

He was the blood-brother of the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew. He was a witness of the true words and miracles of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and a witness of His suffering, Resurrection, and Ascension. After the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the lot fell to Iakovos to preach the Gospel of Christ in Eleutheropolis and the surrounding areas, and then in Egypt, where he suffered for his Savior. With great power in word and in deed, James disseminated the saving news of the incarnate Word of God, destroying idolatry, driving demons out of men, and healing every infirmity and disease in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. His labor and zeal were crowned with great success. Many pagans came to believe in Christ, churches were built and organized, and priests and bishops were ordained. James suffered in the Egyptian town of Ostracina, being crucified by the pagans. Thus, this great and wonderful apostle of Christ took up his abode in the Heavenly Kingdom, to reign eternally with the King of Glory.

There were three Apostles named James (or, in the original Greek of the New Testament, Iakovos). Two were members of the Twelve; James, the son of Zebedee, brother of John, was part of Jesus’ inner circle of three (Peter, John, and James). The Gospels mention another James, the son of Alphaeus and brother of Apostle Matthew, among the Twelve, and he is sometimes called “the Younger” or “the Less” to distinguish him from the son of Zebedee. There is a third James, the first bishop of Jerusalem and the author of the epistle that bears his name; he is called “the brother (or kinsman) of the Lord” (literally, “of God”). An ancient liturgy is also attributed to this third James. James the Brother of God was the son of Joseph the Betrothed from his first marriage or the son of Kleopas, brother of Joseph. James (Iakovos) commemorated on October 9 is the second of these three, James the Less, son of Alphaeus. The James (Iakovos) commemorated on October 23rd is the third of these three, the Brother of the Lord.

Agios Iakovos, son of Alphaeus is also known as the protector and patron saint of pharmacists and pilots.

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