Walking in Rhodes - Filerimos
Mount Filerimos is named after a monk who settled here in the 13th century. The monk brought with him a miraculous icon of the Mother of God, which is attributed to the work of the Apostle Luke, and built a church. In the XIV century. the knights built their first fortifications on the mountain and erected a monastery of the Virgin, where the icon was kept. Today the monastery does not operate, only the temple of the Virgin of Filerim.
A picturesque path leads to the monastery, immersed in the greenery of cypresses. Many peacocks walk around, even sitting on trees and in the windows of the monastery.
As you leave the parking lot to the left, the entrance to the territory of the monastery, to the right begins the "path to Golgotha" - such a picturesque road with cypresses and stone images of scenes of the last journey of Christ, which ends with a high 17-meter cross made in the 30s by Italians. The road is accompanied by 16 plots of the last journey of Christ. They say that it was precisely this distance that Christ overcame to Golgotha with a cross on his shoulders.
There is a narrow staircase inside the cross, so it is also a lookout "tower". Unfortunately, due to the strong wind that day, the entrance to the cross was closed. But near the cross itself there is an excellent observation deck. It is also interesting to watch, in turn, how the planes land from there. Both airports of Rhodes, old and new, are visible at a glance, and what panoramas open up! . .
