Went to Aphrodite’s Rock a week or so ago and saw this, I asked my dad about it and he said it’s a good luck thing (I don’t know how truthful that is).

Now that we’re back from vacation I thought it would be best to ask, it did frustrate me because this just seems like liter. I’ve been there a few times and in previous years (maybe before COVID) I could have sworn it was never like that, can anybody answer why it’s like this now? Has anybody actually tried to stop it ?

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6 comments

  1. It IS a good luck / wishes thing. I ve seen it in a bunch of places. Many times near churches, or places of cultural/ religious significance

  2. It doesn’t have to do with good luck, they’re offerings to [Agia Solomoni](https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/culture/sites-monuments/236-agia-solomoni-christian-catacomb). Apparently people have since transformed it into a wishing tree, but I suspect it’s to largely secularize the attraction and make it more palatable to tourists.

    EDIT: Apparently that’s a different wishing tree, in which case I have no idea where this tradition came from. I’ve never heard of any local going down to Petra tou Romiou to make a wish or anything of that sort.

  3. I had a friend whose name was Elonidis Maskidis. He was believing in this. He wished to be a billionaire and put it there but left the country just after that. Never saw him again.

  4. Huh. Never seen this before and I’ve been down there a couple of times. Odd.

  6. No it’s not recent. I remember this tree from when I was little, so maybe you just weren’t paying attention. And I definitely don’t think we should try to stop it.

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