June 2011 Events in Paphos
10 June 2011 Tomorrow the 10th June, the Special Olympics flame will arrive in Pafos. Castle square in Kato Pafos at 20:00 11-13 June 2011 Kataklysmos Fifty days after Easter is Kataklysmos, which is otherwise known as the Festival of the Flood, or the Water Festival. This religious public holiday sees a three day celebration [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Emerging Romanticism – Classical music concert
This friday, June 10th 2011 at 20:30, an exceptional concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will take place at the Markideion Theatre in Pafos. Programme: L. van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 J. Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Violoncello in A minor, Οp. 102 F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 Soloists: [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Pafilia is proud to announce it will be a platinum sponsor of the FIABCI world congress to be held in Pafos – Cyprus from the 16th to the 21st of May 2011.
Pafilia is proud to announce it will be a platinum sponsor of the FIABCI world congress to be held in Pafos – Cyprus from the 16th to the 21st of May 2011. Pafilia’s management team will be available throughout the congress and welcome the opportunity to meet with other FIABCI members from around the world. [...] Read the rest of this entry »
11th International Pharos Chamber Music Festival
The following concerts will be held at the Royal Manor House in Kouklia (Pafos) during the month of May: Tuesday 24 May 2011 Ludwig Van Beethoven - Sonata in D major, Op. 25 for flute, violin and viola Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute quartet N0 1 in D major, K.285 Ernest Chausson - Songs Gabriel Faure [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Easter Traditions in Cyprus – Part three
On Sunday morning most people who have not taken yet the Holy Communion during the Holy Week, will take it that day and afterwards return home, where red eggs are cracked, flaounes eaten and the fast broken. The children go around cracking and winning coloured eggs, for only if your egg does not crack then [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Easter Traditions in Cyprus – Part two
On Thursday most Cypriot women do their Easter baking of “flaounes”, a Cyprus cuisine specialty, a kind of cheese cake made of short crust with a cheese, egg and mint filling, formed into triangular and square shapes. “Koulouria” are baked with milk, spices and a little sugar and “Tyropittes” ~ loaves with small pieces of cheese [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Easter Traditions in Cyprus – Part one
Easter is the most important holiday for the Orthodox Church and is coming on Sunday 24th of April this year. It’s date vary every year and is fixed according to the noon – that is to say, it is always celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon of the spring equinox. To celebrate Easter [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Pafilia running the London Marathon for charity
Pafilia’s Commercial Director, Anthony Nathanael, will be running the London Marathon this sunday 17th April 2011, to raise money for SPARKS, the children’s medical research charity. SPARKS’ vision is a world where all babies are given the best possible start in life and where a medical condition or disability at birth is not a barrier to [...] Read the rest of this entry »
