Flower Festival at Ayia Kyriaki Church, Kato Paphos

The Church of Ayia Kyriaki is in a wonderful setting, sitting on the Roman ruins by St Paul’s Pillar in Kato Paphos, just a few minutes walk from the Harbour. The Anglican and Catholic communities have the privilege of using this wonderful church for their services and also for concerts and recitals.

For the last 5 years a Flower Festival has been held in April and this year the 6th Flower Festival will be appropriately entitled ‘In the Footsteps of St Paul’. St Paul travelled all over the eastern Mediterranean visiting such places as Athens, Rome, Ephesus, Malta and of course Paphos.

The flower displays in the church will depict these stories and adventures, from shipwrecks to sorcerers and prisons to miracles. Many reading this article will have visited at least one of the previous Festivals, as people come back year after year. They will know what a wonderful sight the church is decorated with so many flower displays, each painting a picture of the story being portrayed.

The event attracts around 3,500 visitors over the three days and each evening there is a different concert in the church. The church ladies provide refreshments - homemade cakes, sandwiches, cream teas etc. as well as teas and coffee. Entrance to the Flower Festival and the concerts is free.

There are programmes available which tell the stories of the displays so that St Paul’s adventures can be followed round the church. The Festival is on Wednesday 22nd April, Thursday 23rd April and Friday 24th April - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the concerts start at 6 p.m. Put the date in your diary as it is an event not to be missed.

All proceeds from the Festival are donated to local charities.

Further details available from Tricia McNeeney

tel: 26652946/99475564 or email: tricia@avacom.ne