Altar of Pharika Loimia

The place of worship of Pharika in Thesteia, the alter is a completely enclosed and dark circular temple with only one entrance. The columns attached to the wall mimic snakes with their heads instead of capitals, and the entire wall of the building appears to be covered with reptilian scales carved in stone. Inside is the altar of the goddess, in front of a moss covered stone image of Pharika. On the altar there are always two chalices with different liquids. Only one priest of the goddess serves here, and its importance of the rites is fundamental. In Thesteia Pharika is the dark sister of Karametra. In the mysteries of Karametra, within the rituals to the initiates, the passage through the temple is a critical step on the path, and it is said that Pharika herself uncovers important secrets to the initiate after performing different libations from the chalices. For the rest of the faithful, the place is also the place to ask the divinity to rid the fields of pests and it is tradition to pray outside the temple and plant strange plants around it, which turns its base into a garden of resources for the priest of the goddess.