Christmas Miniature Sheet, Commemorative Issue
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Title
Christmas Miniature Sheet, Commemorative Issue
Description
The miniature sheet depicts an interesting icon of Italian workmanship with the Blessed Virgin Mary shown full face seated on a marble throne, holding the Child Christ and supported by Agios Georgios on her left and Agios Nikolaos on her right.
At the foot from the left hand corner are the portraits of the chief priest Georgios and his family from Vatyli. His son Aliozios together with his cousin Georgios hold an open book on the pages of which are written the names of members of the family and the date of their deaths between 1532 and 1604. According to local legend the icon was brought back to Cyprus by the chief priest who had visited Italy.
The Church of Agios Georgios at Vatyli was so completely restored in 1856 that only a fragment of the original medieval structure survives. The Church is in the occupied part of the island.
The icon survived the looting and destruction after the Turkish invasion of 1974 because it was housed at the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation since its return from an exhibition abroad.
At the foot from the left hand corner are the portraits of the chief priest Georgios and his family from Vatyli. His son Aliozios together with his cousin Georgios hold an open book on the pages of which are written the names of members of the family and the date of their deaths between 1532 and 1604. According to local legend the icon was brought back to Cyprus by the chief priest who had visited Italy.
The Church of Agios Georgios at Vatyli was so completely restored in 1856 that only a fragment of the original medieval structure survives. The Church is in the occupied part of the island.
The icon survived the looting and destruction after the Turkish invasion of 1974 because it was housed at the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation since its return from an exhibition abroad.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
14th November 2012
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
jpg
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2012CS210
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Christmas Miniature Sheet, Commemorative Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed January 23, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44226.