Eros important than that of Aphrodite. However, in late antiquity, Eros was worshiped by a fertility cult in Thespiae. In Athens, he shared a very popular cult with Aphrodite, and the fourth day of every month was sacred to him (also shared by Herakles, Hermes and Aphrodite). According to Hesiod's "Theogony" (c. 700 BC), one of the most ancient of all Greek sources, Eros (the god of love) was the fourth god to come into existence, coming after Chaos, Gaia (the Earth), and Tartarus (the abyss). Homer does not mention Eros. However, Parmenides (c. 400 BC), one of the pre-Socratic philosophers,
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Bolshiye Saly are arranged three exedras, with the middle one serving as an altar. Church of the Holy Mother of God, Bolshiye Saly The Church of the Holy Mother of God (, is an Armenian Apostolic church in Bolshiye Saly village, Myasnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is also officially declared as an architectural monument of regional significance of cultural heritage of Russia. In 1848 the believers of Bolshiye Saly, many of whom were Armenians, decided to build a brick church. In 1860, its construction began and was finished and consecrated by Catholicos George IV 7 years later. It was built on