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Serifos lies South East of Piraeus and has ferry access via Syros, which is 4 hours and 83 nautical miles away. The capital is Chora and the main two ports are Livadi and Megalo Livadi.
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Serifos has a local population of about 1000 inhabitants and is approximately 70 square kilometers in size. The main industry is fishing and farming of figs and olives.
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This is the island where Danae landed, with her son from Zeus, Perseus, after being locked into a box and thrown into the sea by Danae's upset father. Perseus grew up into a fine young man, but trouble soon came. The king of the island fell in love with Danae, who did not return his affection. The king thought if he had time alone with her, she would be persuaded, so he sent Perseus on an impossible mission hoping that he would never return. Perseus succeeded in this mission, which was to kill Medusa, and when he returned, he turned the king into stone when he showed him Medusa's head.
Serifos had a system of democracy since the 7th century. It was a vassal state to Athens, until later years when it was subjugated to the Macedonians, Romans, Byzantine Empire, Venetians and the Turks. It was also under constant raids by pirates. It fought alongside Greece against the Turks since 1821 and was liberated along with the rest of Greece.
Serifos at one time had great iron and copper mines, which are now deserted. Megalo Livadi was the main loading port. Chora once fortified with a Byzantine Venetian castle
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This topic is not island-specific. It applies to the nation of Greece.
Orthodox Christianity is the recognized dominant religion of Greece and it is legally protected by the state. This has caused legal discrimination against non-Orthodox Churches, and although the constitution of 1975 removed the power of most of the old laws against Protestants, problems still exist today. There is a lot of fear towards anything outside of the Orthodox Church, especially on the islands. However, repeated rulings of the European Court of Justice in favour of religious minorities in cases of discrimination have led to a relative increase of the freedoms that these religious minorities now enjoy.
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Please pray
-For God to prepare this island before the team arrives on the island next summer
-That the outreach will enable the gospel to be spread throughout this island
-That people will realize their need for God and their eyes will be opened to the truth and love of God.
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Mesa Akrotiri has two caves, the cave of Cyclops Polythemus with stalactites and Kotala where signs of ancient people were found.
Sikamia good beach trees and fresh water
Monastry Taxiarchos 1500 has lovely old table 18centuary frescoes and Byzantine manuscripts
10th century church at Panagia Villaga
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15 Aug - Panagia at Panagia
15-17 Aug - Panagia at different villages near Panagia momastry
27 July - Ag Panteleimonos at Livadi
7 Sept - Ag Sosoudos at Livadi
6 August - Sotiros at Kalobelli
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www.greektravel.com
www.in2greece.com
www.hri.org
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