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Activity: Exploring Cyprus Traditional Eco Houses


                                 The house of father Kallinikos Stavrovouniotis







     The traditional house belonged to the family of Petros and Florence Mammos, where they lived here with their five children
     during the 20th century. One of their children was Kostas, the later monk and hagiographer Kallinikos Stavrovouniotis. There

     was a grocery store and a cheese factory in the area of ​​the house, as Petros Mammous was a merchant and cheese maker.

                                                                                            In 2008 the house was rented by the Kallinikos Monastery

                                                                                            Foundation in order to restore it and turn it into a museum. At the

                                                                                            top of the house were formed the spaces presenting it as it was

                                                                                            the traditional houses of the 20th century. Part of the house was
                                                                                            formed as a hagiography workshop, presenting the remarkable

                                                                                            work of the monk Kallinikos Stavrovouniotis, while in the area

                                                                                            where the Mammou family kept a grocery store, today it has been
                                                                                            transformed into an art workshop. The traditional cheese factory

                                                                                            has been completely restored, in order to represent the traditional

                                                                                            way of making Athienou halloumi and anari.



                                                                                            At the same time, exhibitions, lectures, seminars and various

                                                                                            cultural activities are held in the area, with the aim of preserving

                                                                                            the memory of the great benefactor of Athienou, monk Kallinikos
                                                                                            Stavrovouniotis, who had faithfully served hagiography and

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