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September Sun shines in Cyprus
View from Amorosa Villas in Latchi
September is a very popular month for tourists and Cyprus property buyers alike (www.pafilia.com). Families with children are often constrained by the school holidays, but others can enjoy the warmth of the September sun in Cyprus. Many people prefer to avoid the hottest months, July and August, and come when the sea is at its warmest and where the heat is extremely pleasant. There is loads to do and see and spas to relax in.
In addition, it is a very good time to look at property in Cyprus, especially this year. Prices are good, there is a wide choice of property available and the most important thing, buy from a reputable developer who will help you through the whole process. At Pafilia, this is something we work very hard to achieve and would welcome the opportunity to prove it to you. Cyprus is our home and we hope you enjoy every minute you spend here!
Shakespeare’s TheTempest comes to Pafos (Paphos)
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, a place where there is so much to do, so many things to see. It’s perfect for a short visit or for permanent living. This weekend for example, Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is being performed at the Pafos Odeon – a small ancient amphitheatre in the heart of the archaeological park down in Kato Pafos by the castle. This is also where the UNESCO listed mosaics can be found. Just imagine sitting exactly where people sat hundreds of years ago, watching another live performance. You do have to bring a cushion to sit on though as the ancient stones are not very comfortable to sit on.
Usually, at the odeon there is little in the way of scenery, maybe a doorway or steps to indicate that someone is coming on or off stage, or sometimes nothing at all. At the same time, the actors are right next to the audience and it provides a very intimate and genuine atmosphere – this is how Shakespeare should be performed!
The play is brought to you by Midas Touch Productions and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and will be held on 16,17 & 18th September at 8.30pm. Tickets are €18 per person and are available on line (thetempestcyprus@gmail.com or mapalex@cytanet.com.cy) or on the phone on 99861233
Pafos Aphrodite Festival som bjuder på La Bohème av G.Puccini den 3,4,5 september
Här på Cypern börjar semestrarna ta slut men sommaren har varit fylld av aktiviteter som fortsätter ett tag till. Denna månad börjar med en 14 dagars fasta innan den stora helgdagen den 15 augusti som firas till minne av Maria, Jesus moders död. Därefter har vi festligheter som vin festivaler, uppträdanden av kända Grekiska artister, Sabaton, ett grammis-nominerat power metal band från Falun kommer för första gången till Cypern den 28e augusti, Armin Van Buuren från Holland som är en känd DJ kommer till Mackenzie Beach in Larnaca och höjdpunkten är Pafos Aphrodite Festival som bjuder på La Bohème av G.Puccini den 3,4,5 september. http://www.pafc.com.cy/ Operan är full av tragiska men också komiska ögonblick precis som i verkliga livet, och vi i Pafos får njuta av denna unika musik upplevelse under bar himmel i hamnen med fortet och havet som bakgrund.
This year's opera will be La Boheme
Blomster festival
Nästa vecka 21,22,23 april hålls en blomster festival i Panagia Chrysopolitissa / Ayia Kyriaki då kyrkan blommar och konserter hålls varje kväll kl 18,00. Kyrkan byggdes på 13-talet över ruinerna av den största bysantinska kyrkan på ön. Kyrkan hade ursprungligen sju mittgångar men blev senare fem. Golvet i kyrkan var täckt med färgglada mosaik, av vilka några är fortfarande bevarade.
Panagia Chrysopolitissa Church in Paphos
Det var till denna plats som år 45 e.Kr apostel Paulus, Barnabas och Markus hamnade då de reste från Antiochia till Schlesien med båt till Cypern för att sprida Kristus budskap. Pafos var då huvudstaden och där gjorde de sin entréer genom många av stadens portar, av vilka tre finns än i dag.
I Pafos lyckats de omvandla den romerska guvenör som anammat den kristna tron, vilket gör Cypern till det första landet i världen som styrdes av en kristen. Trots denna viktiga framgång säger legenden att apostlarna haft svårigheter i Pafos. Man tror att Paulus var bunden och slagen vid en viss pelare som invånarna än i dag pekar ut nära ruinerna av den gotiska kyrkan och kallar St Paulus pelare.
En kort tid senare återvände Barnabas till Cypern igen tillsammans med Markus för en ny missionär rundtur på ön, vilket också inkluderade Pafos. Barnabas hamnade i Salamis, som hade den största hamnen på den tiden, där han tragiskt nog avrättades av judarna i staden.
Η Pafilia «ανθίζει» την ημέρα της Γυναίκας
Η Pafilia γιόρτασε την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα της Γυναίκας προσφέροντας σε όλο το γυναικείο προσωπικό της ένα κόκκινο τριαντάφυλλο. Σχεδόν 100 γυναίκες υπάλληλοι της εταιρείας, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της Εκτελεστικής Διευθύντριας κας Ευαγγελίας Ηλιάδου, μαζεύτηκαν στα κεντρικά γραφεία της εταιρείας στην Πάφο για να γιορτάσουν αυτή την σημαντική ημέρα.
Σύμφωνα με την κα Ευαγγελία Ηλιάδου, «με τόσες πολλές γυναίκες υπαλλήλους εδώ στην Pafilia, είναι φανερό ότι οι γυναίκες διαδραματίζουν τώρα και θα συνεχίζουν να διαδραματίζουν στο μέλλον ένα σημαντικό ρόλο. Είμαι περήφανη που υπάρχουν τόσες πολλές γυναίκες τόσο σε ανώτερες όσο και σε διευθυντικές θέσεις και που η φωνή μας ακούγεται. Αντιπροσωπεύοντας 15 διαφορετικές εθνικότητες, ενισχύουμε τον Διεθνή χαρακτήρα της Pafilia. Πιστεύω ότι συμπληρώνει τόσο τη πολυδιάστατη φύση της εταιρείας όσο και το ήθος της οικογένειας μας, ενώ προσθέτει στην επιθυμία μας να προσφέρουμε την καλύτερη εξυπηρέτηση πελατών».
Τα γραφεία της Pafilia στη Ρωσσία και Ουκρανία γιόρτασαν την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα της Γυναίκας παραμένοντας κλειστά, ενώ στα υπόλοιπα από τα 20 γραφεία στο εξωτερικό γιόρτασαν με παρόμοιο τρόπο όπως και στην Κύπρο.
Ο εορτασμός αυτός, είναι σε συνέχεια της ξεχωριστής ημέρας Ευαισθητοποίησης για τον Καρκίνο του Μαστού, η οποία διοργανώθηκε πέρσι για τις γυναίκες υπαλλήλους της εταιρείας. Η εκδήλωση επικεντρώθηκε στην παρουσίαση της Υπηρεσίας Sunflower με σειρά σεμιναρίων στα ελληνικά και αγγλικά από τον Δρ. Δημήτρη Χαραλαμπίδη, γενικό χειρούργο στην κλινική Ίασις. Πέραν των 50 γυναικών, διαφόρων ηλικιών και εθνικοτήτων συμμετείχαν στα σεμινάρια και πολλές από αυτές εντάχθηκαν στην Υπηρεσία Sunflower.
Οι δύο πιο πάνω δραστηριότητες αποτελούν μέρος του προγράμματος Εταιρικής Κοινωνικής Ευθύνης της Pafilia.
Pafilia brings Flower Power to Pafos on International Womens Day
Pafilia Property Developers celebrated International Womens Day today by giving each of its female employees a hand delivered single red rose. Almost 100 female employees, including executive director Evangelia Eliadou, gathered together at the company’s head office in Pafos, Cyprus to mark this important day.
According to Evangelia Eliadou, “With so many female employees here at Pafilia, women obviously play an important role both now and in the future. I feel proud that we have so many in senior and managerial roles and that our voice is heard. Representing at least 15 different nationalities, we embody the International character of Pafilia. I believe that it complements both the Global nature of our business and our family ethos, while adding to our desire to provide the best in customer service.”
Pafilia’s Russian and Ukrainian offices celebrated International Womens Day as an official Bank Holiday, with many of the company’s 20 offices around the globe replicating the activities in Cyprus.
This follows on from the special Breast Cancer Awareness day Pafilia hosted at the end of last year for its female employees. The main focus of the event, as well as introducing the Sunflower service, was a series of seminars in Greek and then English, by Dr Demetris Charalambides, general surgeon at the Iasis Hospital. Over 50 women attended the seminars of varying ages and nationalities and many have signed up for the Sunflower service.
Together, these form just a small part of the company’s ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility Programme.
Some of Pafilia's female employees celebrating International Women's Day
Frukt och grönsaks marknaden
Läste att första färskpotatisen I Sverige kostar 755 kronor kilot. Pafilia kontoret där jag arbetar ligger vägg i vägg med frukt och grönsaks marknaden och deras varor är alltid dagsfärska och en ren njutning att beskåda. Stora knippen med persilja och dill för 3 kr, gurka och tomater för 7 kr kilot och färsk potatis för 8 kr kilot och det bästa av all är jordgubbarna som är nyplockade och varma av solen. Det känns lite mysigt att gå runt bland alla varor och man får alltid en kasse apelsiner eller citroner med på köpet. Nu bär det av till slaktaren sedan hem och lägga vinet på kylning till jordgubbarna. Ha en trevlig helg
Frukt och grönsaks marknaden
WIN a Romantic Valentine’s Weekend with Pafilia Rentals
Click here (www.pafiliarentals.com) for a chance to win
You may not be aware, but unusually this year Valentine’s in Cyprus falls on the same long weekend that the carnival culminates and the traditional Green Monday takes place. To celebrate this, Pafilia Rentals is offering a very romantic prize of 3 night’s at a luxury penthouse apartment near Paphos with a stunning seaview, a ride to and from the restaurant in a stretch limousine serving champagne (provided by Jack & Sons Transport Services) and a dinner for two at La Spaghetteria Italian Trattoria.
Don’t miss the opportunity to win. All you need to do is go to www.pafiliarentals.com before 10th February 2010 and click on the Valentine’s day competition banner and follow the instructions, mentioning “Secret Valentine Competition”.
So what is happening that weekend? On Saturday the 13th, there will be a parade in Paphos, a number of costumed carnival parties and at lunchtime on the 14th there is a Grand Carnival Parade in Limassol. Monday 15th February is Green Monday, the start of Lent. It is when Cypriot families gather in fields around the country, barbecue seafood and eat vegetables (no meat, or dairy), drink Cypriot wine and wander from group to group chatting, sharing food and flying kites.
For this occasion, Pafilia Rentals has put together special accommodation packages, starting at €.282 for 3 nights in a 2 bedroom apartment and a romantic Valentine’s dinner at La Spaghetteria to €538 for the same package in a beachfront luxury 3 bedroom villa.
Good luck!
WIN a romantic Valentine's weekend!
Pafilia spends €10,000 on people of Latchi
Pafilia isn’t just interested in property in Cyprus, it has designed and donated plants, trees, materials and expertise of around €10,000 for a Municipal Green area, near the harbour, for the people of Latchi. We worked very closely with the Polis Chrysochous Municipality to complete this park area.
The Mayor of Polis Chrysochous, Angelos Odysseos, was very pleased with the end result and added, “I would like to thank Pafilia for creating this green area in Latchi. As a company, it has invested significantly in the Polis Chrysochous area over the last few years, not just with the properties it has built, but also helping us with our many cultural and other activities. This is very important for us as we have established a reputation for the area’s artistic, cultural and natural appeal and, with Pafilia’s support, we are aiming to improve this even more.”
As a company, we are developing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme and this announcement is part of this ongoing campaign. We have already carried out several initiatives, including donating 200 car parking spaces to the people of Limassol and making a pledge to the UNEP’s Billion Tree Campaign on World Environment Day.
With an overall area of around 900m2, the new Municipal park has a large lawn for families, with trees to create shading and river bed gravel that we used for our high end Amorosa development near the Anassa Hotel in Latchi. The plants utilised for the garden are all drought tolerant Mediterranean plants that require little water and are also resistant to damage by the sea air.
The general manager of Pafilia Services, Doros Theodorou, whose landscaping team lead the project, explained, “The aim was to design a small attractive green area for both locals and visitors alike. After we had completed the design, the Municipality worked very hard making to implement it. We kept an eye on the work and helped out wiith any of the heavy earth moving and provided the plants and materials. We hope the people of Latchi gain a lot of enjoyment from the park.”
Pafilia Services (www.pafiliarentals.com) is a sister company to Pafilia Property Developers, providing professional landscaping, gardening, maintenance, Cyprus property rentals,pool maintenance and numerous other services.
Pafilia show the Municipal green area to the Mayor of Polis Chrysochous
