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Icon from the top of the iconostasis of the monastery church.1544. Work of Iosif Chouris

Sculpture. 26 x 34 cm. Latin American art (Spanish Colonial period)
Sculpture hand color and multi-color figurine.
A handcrafted and painted figurine of the Archangel Michael. In excellent condition.

Γλυπτό. 26 x 34 εκ.…

Archangel Michael flanks the eastern side of the northern door of the narthex. He is a popular figure among the Orthodox people, even today.
His depiction stands out from the representations of the other holy figures in the narthex. He is pictured…

The Archangels Michael and Gabriel stand either side of the recess of the wooden Holy Cross while keeping a decorated box of incense. The wall-painting is found on the east wall of the Naos in the Enkleistra.

The church of the Archangelos Michael, or Panagia Theotokos, is a timber-roofed chapel, just below the village, painted in the post Byzantine style of the early 16th century.

Archangel Michael Square after the Turkish Invasion in 1974.

Archangel Michael

Archangel Michael. The 15m. stamp is an icon representing the Great Deesis in the uppermost zone of the iconostasis. The icons is dated to the year 1544 and attributed to the hand of Joseph Houris. They remind one of the Palaeologue style and…

These priceless mosaics from the church of our Lady of Kanakaria in the Karpass peninsula are early Byzantine master pieces dating from the 6th century A.D. or earlier. The tesserae used for the mosaics are of various colored glass, glass capped with…

At the outbreak of the Greek revolution in 1821 the Ottoman Sultan ordered the Pasha of Acre to send troops to Cyprus and authorized Kuchuk Mehmet, Governor of Cyprus to kill as many Christians as he thought necessary. The governor decided that four…