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 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