The visit to the offshore village of Pomos will be an
experience that will remain unforgettable to our
memory .There a lot of things in the village that
worth for someone to see and admire the masterpieces that nature and
human beings can do. Apart from the nature's tricks that created
marvellous natural scenery, where the mountain and the sea join together
in a fantastic background, human being is coming to add his own special
stroke of the brush, in order to offer to the visitors this unique and
special setting which only Pomos can offer.
Let ' s see together these special things of the village that makes it
so unique .
PORT
The littoral place of the village contributed to the development of
fishery. In the offshore area next to the Akron Pomos, there is a
fishery shelter which in 1984 took in four fish boats that kept busy
seven residents of the area. With state expenses since 1983 the port of
the area developed significantly .
The professional fishermen but the amateurs too have enclosed the area
all over enjoying the fresh alluring fish.
Today, the development is enough bigger, in an extent that fresh fish
does not only serve the people who are there to enjoy the marvellous
sight but also the restaurants of the area.
DRAGON'S CAVE
In the past tradition said that ships arrived in the area and made
burglaries. In this cave there was the famous Dragon who protected the
area from all the evil things that happened then. It is a rocky cave,
with an opening to the sea some kilometres further from the port, to the
cape. The cave has lots of depth and sweet water comes from there.
CAPE
The cape of Pomos or the Akron Pomos as it is more known , is in the
area of Tillyria about two kilometres north of the village in which he
took its name . Its formation took place because of the hard rock that
is around it and which resisted the mordant energy of the waves . The
route from the nearby village Nea Dimmata until the Akro Pomo is perhaps
one of the most picturesque offshore routes in Cyprus. The mountain
falls almost vertically to the sea while the steep slopes are covered
with pines and fruit bearing trees .Besides the lacy seaside with the
numerous coves and the sharp small capes give the scenery a unique
picturesque feeling .If you visit the area today you will meet the new
villas and the unique restaurant that serves the visitors.
FOREST
Pomos bears an annual rainfall of 440 millimetres .There are a lot of
uncultivated areas that are occupied by a various natural vents, mostly
pines and thyme. Part of the state forest of Paphos, on the south of the
village, falls into its management lines. Part of this forest has been
shaped as a hospitality place and relaxation during the weekends .
DAM
The dam of Pomos is made of stone with a capacity of 859.000 m ³. It is
situated in a bout three kilometres south east of the village.
The dam is built on the river Livadi in a medium altimeter of 75 meters
and in a distance 3, 5 kilometres from the sea . It is 168 meters long ,
38 m high, capacity of 150.000 m ³ and with a surface of 83.000 m ².
The dam construction was completed in 1966 and its cause was the
irrigation of the land of 380 hectares (2.850 acres ) for the
cultivation of immature vegetables.
A great area of land of Pomos (130 hectares in 1985) is watered mainly
from the homonym dam of 859.000 m ³ capacity.
From a geological point of view the area of the dam is on the fords of
the Ofiolitihikou cluster of Troodos.
VIRGIN MARY OF CHRYSOPATERITISSA
In the village Virgin Mary is especially honoured. There was a small
monastery dedicated to Virgin Mary CHRYSOPATERITISSA .About five
kilometres on the northwest of the village today, there is a recent
renovated temple of the monastery of Virgin Mary CHRYSOPATERITISSA.
It is a building of 1520. Today, only the homonym church is saved which
has been recently renovated.
There are two versions for the name dedicated to Virgin Mary .The first
one mentions that the name was the one because in this monastery there
were a lot of ‘pateres' (priests). The second version says that the then
abbot of the monastery with the name Thomas always kept a gold crutch
(stick), was an hagiographer and painted the icon of Virgin Mary that's
why he gave her the name CHRYSOPATERITISSA.
It is built in a woodland area ,there where everything hush and smooth
,further down from the Pomos dam .In The last years the temple was
expanded. An expansion of 2o meters was built in the west side of the
temple and in a higher level from the rest of the ancient temple.
Internally the people stand opposite the beautiful gate on a higher
level and watch the priest. The old church is in a lower spot from that
of the expansion, and in order to pass the old church you have to
descend 3 -4 stair steps.
It is a small chapel made of stone. The outside wall is one metre wide.
It has two outside doors in the same side of the temple. The one is in
the old area of the temple and the other is in the new expanding area.
The roof is bent. Apart of the roof is from the recent expansion and it
is made of cement. The other one, of the ancient temple, is covered with
tiles.
Internally it is painted white and with hagiographies. The old
iconostasis was ruined from worms .They made a new one which is wooden
curved. Due to the woodland where it is built and from the years, the
hagiographies were destroyed from humidity. From the old icons that
exist , and efforts are being made from the antiquity department for
their conservation, there is the one of Christ's mother
CHRYSOPATERITISSA ,the three hierarchs ,other old ones such as Christ's
,John the precursor Saint Catherine ,Saint Thekla ,two icons of
Galataries ,the one dedicated to women and the other to animals, two of
Saint George and Eleousa .The dedicated icon of Hrysopaterrissas is a
construction of 1520 and it is saved in the central church of the
village which is dedicated to Saint Efpsihio.
The church functions eight times a year, when it's the day of Virgin
Mary.
