{"id":1669,"date":"2017-04-03T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayiavarvara.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=1669\/"},"modified":"2019-02-14T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:59:38","slug":"religious-life","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ayiavarvara.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/religious-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='togglecontainer av-js4knhcs-8a927b9735907c3c021004eb579da679  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-9af3894b9db47eb08a5e5a7f9c53979d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Old Church of Ayia Varvara\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Old Church of Ayia Varvara\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Old Church of Ayia Varvara\">Old Church of Ayia Varvara<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Both churches in the village are dedicated to Ayia Varvara, with one of them dating back to end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century and the second one to the beginning of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest church of Ayia Varvara is built on the northwest edge of the community. Its construction is dated back to the year 1872, during the Turkish occupation and because of that the Turks had to give their consent for its construction. Originally, its roof was made of reeds and rocks.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 1974, the church of the village caught fire. The first witness of the fire was a Turkish Cypriot resident of the village, who faced the dilemma whether to call for help or not as he was afraid that if he called for help the Turkish Cypriots would be blamed for the fire. Finally, he decided to ask his fellow villagers for help to put out the fire. However, by the time he did so the fire had already been extinguished. What is worth mentioning is that no damage was caused to the iconostasis as a result of the fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><strong>:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ayia Varvara Community Council<\/p>\n<div id=\"69ee3a6a8915b\" class=\"gg_gallery_wrap gg_true_gallery gg_standard_gallery gid_1984 gg_hidden_ol gg_ol_bottom_mode gg_main_ol_show_on_h \" data-gg_ol=\"default\"  rel=\"1984\" data-nores-txt=\"No images found\">              <div class=\"gg_loader\">            <div class=\"ggl_1\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_2\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_3\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_4\"><\/div>        <\/div>  <div class=\"gg_container\"><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/ayiavarvara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palaia_eklisia_ag_varvaras_5.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"palaia_eklisia_ag_varvaras_5\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"0\" rel=\"1984\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><img 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