Eros spirit, breath, life or animating force". Eros In Greek mythology, Eros (, ; , "Desire") is the Greek god of sensual love and desire. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"). Some myths make him a primordial god, while in other myths, he is the son of Aphrodite. He is one of the winged love gods, Erotes. The Greek ἔρως, meaning "desire," comes from ἔραμαι "to desire, love", of uncertain etymology. R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Eros appears in ancient Greek sources under several different guises. In the earliest sources (the cosmogonies, the earliest philosophers, and texts
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of Kanaker ( ("Kanakeri Surb Tiramor Rus Vughghap'ar Yekeghets'i"), ), is an active Russian Orthodox church in the old area of Kanaker, Yerevan, Armenia. The church was built in the village of Kanaker-since absorbed by Yerevan-7 kilometres north of the capital's old centre in 1912. Being part of the Yerevan Governorate of the Russian Empire, the church was built to serve the 2nd Caucasian division of the Russian troops deployed near Yerevan, which consisted mainly of Cossacks from Kuban