. ▁George ' s . ▁The ▁village ▁had ▁five ▁churches : ▁St . ▁George , ▁St . ▁John ▁Pro d rom os , ▁St . ▁The odore , ▁St . ▁Sp y rid on ▁and ▁Virgin ▁Mary . ▁St . ▁Sp y rid on ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ash a ▁and ▁the ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁Michael ▁K ass ial os , ▁a ▁folk ▁artist ▁from ▁Ash a . ▁Ash a ▁was ▁also ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁craft sm ans hip ▁of ▁the ▁emb roid ery ▁made ▁there . ▁The ▁main ▁source ▁of ▁income ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁far ming ▁and ▁many ▁agricult ural ▁products ▁of ▁Ash a ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁N icos ia ' s ▁mark ets . ▁Ash a ▁was ▁also ▁famous ▁for ▁its ▁c uc um bers . ▁ ▁After ▁years ▁passed ▁more ▁Tur ks ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁and ▁Gree ks ▁left ▁then ▁some ▁Tur ks ▁left ▁and ▁some ▁Gree ks ▁came ▁back ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁like ▁that ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁So ▁it ▁was ▁half ▁Turkish ▁half ▁Greek ▁after ▁ 1 8 2 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁then ▁after ▁the ▁Turkish ▁invasion ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁just ▁Turkish . ▁ ▁Name ▁Some ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁comes ▁from ▁" A sk ia " ▁which ▁in ▁Greek ▁means ▁" without ▁any ▁sh ade " ▁and ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁very ▁few ▁trees ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Ash a ▁and ▁therefore ▁a