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Kristina K.
May 17, 2024
Hiking
The church is located at 492 m and offers a wonderful view of the bay of Kamares. The sunset is said to be particularly beautiful from there
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•JakobusPilger
February 27, 2026
Hiking
The patronage of this church has been entrusted to Saint Simeon, who is mentioned in the New Testament. According to the biblical account by Luke, he and the prophetess Anna were the two people present in the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after the birth of Jesus Christ, when Mary and Joseph—following Jewish custom—entered the Temple with their firstborn son and an offering (two doves). The Evangelist records the following prayer on the occasion of this encounter between the elderly Simeon and Jesus as the promised Messiah:
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Elevation 400 m