Presentation of Christ at the Temple (Church of Holy Cross of Agiasmati), Christmas Issue Fresco Paintings, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Presentation of Christ at the Temple (Church of Holy Cross of Agiasmati), Christmas Issue Fresco Paintings, Republic of Cyprus
Description
This fresco is from the Church and Monastery of St. John Lampadistis in the village of Kalopanayiotis which is 2,350 feet above sea level on the North side of the Troodos Mountains. The monastery complex comprises several buildings including the Church of St. Heracleidius dating from the 11th century, and the Church of St. John Lampadistis. The two churches were connected in the 18th century by an arch cut through the wall of the Northern arm. Rupert Gunnis, in his book "Historic Cyprus" observed the curious custom of apportioning a church(s) between the Latin and the Orthodox rites. The Latin church being on the North and the Orthodox on the South with no division between them. The fresco is just one of more than thirty scenes from the New Testament, and Andreas and Judith Stylianou in their book "The Painted Churches of Cyprus" suggest a date c.1400 for the series of paintings in the Church of St. Heracleidius. The Orthodox monk and traveller Basil Grogorovich Barskii visited the monastery in 1735 and in his MS folio 130r in the Akademyia Nauk, Kiev, he left an ink and pen drawing of the monastery of St. Heracleidius where he said ten monks were residing at the time. (Extract from: Travelling Artists in Cyprus 1700-1960).
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: G. Simonis
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
TIFF
Language
EL, EN
Type
Identifier
1988-CHRISTMAS-5C
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
M. A. Moatsos, Athens
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Presentation of Christ at the Temple (Church of Holy Cross of Agiasmati), Christmas Issue Fresco Paintings, Republic of Cyprus ,” Αψίδα, accessed January 7, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/13042.