Settlement Type: | village |
Official Name: | Orounta |
Native Name: | Ορούντα |
Pushpin Map: | Cyprus |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cyprus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cyprus |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 656 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.1014°N 33.0939°W |
Postal Code: | 2779 |
Orounta (el|Ορούντα) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, west of Nicosia, near Peristerona.
It was the birthplace of the Saint Martyr Saint Philoumenos[2] (Greek: Άγιος Φιλούμενος) (15 October 1913 – 29 November 1979), who was the Guardian of Jacob's Well,[3] in the West Bank, where he was killed after the assailant threw grenades into the Church of Saint Photini and attacked him with an axe.