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Donoussa is one of the islands among the Small Cyclades. The main settlement is called Donoussa or Stavros, which is built on the southwest end of the island on a bay. It has small snow-white houses that belong to fishermen and has taken its name from the Chapel of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross).
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Donoussa has a population off approximately 150 inhabitants in the winter, and 900 during the summer, with a land mass of 13 square kilometers. This is not a developed island for tourism, so the local people rely on agriculture and fishing.
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According to Mythology, Ariadne fled to this island after Theseus left her sleeping on Naxos.
Little is known about the early history of this island, but it was probably inhabited by the 10th century BC, and that it was a place that the Romans sent their exiles after they conquered the Cyclades during the 2nd century BC.
As with the other islands, the Venetians ruled it from the 13-16th centuries, while the Turks ruled from the 16-19th centuries. Being such a small island of little interest of invasion, the pirates established a foothold here.
During World War II, a British warship was sunk here, and it is still discernable from the beach Kedros
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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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* For the Spirit of God to bring revival.
* For more Christian workers.
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Places of interest one should visit include:
* The shipwreck at Kedros
* Nice beach at Stavros,
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www.greektravel.com
www.in2greece.com
www.hri.org
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