Archiepiskopou Kyprianou Square-Nicosia
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Nicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia, CyprusWith this entry I am taking you to see the new and old Archbishopric .
Just next to the Folk Art Museum there is the cathedral of St. John.
I did not go inside as I was late and I had to return to the hotel. I have taken no photos of the exterior either because there were shadows in the photos due to the sun. However I am going to mention a few things about the church.
It was built by Archbishop Nikiforos in 1662 on the site of a 14th century Benedictine chapel dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.
In the year 1426 it was turned into an Orthodox monastery when the Benedictine Order left the island following the Mameluke raids.
It remained as a monastery until the 18th century when Archbishop Sylvester converted it into a cathedral, establishing it as the seat of the Orthodox Archbishopric in Cyprus .
It is a small single-ailed church with Franco-Byzantine architectural elements. Its high external buttresses give the impression from the outside of being a fortress.
It is the only church in Nicosia (Lefkosia) in which the whole of the internal wall paintings have survived in their entirety.
The four large icons on the icon screen were painted by the Cretan master, Ioannis Kornaros, in 1795 and 1797.
Its 18th century wall paintings depict scenes from the Holy Bible and the discovery of the tomb of St. Barnabas at Salamis
*** Now that I am back I have truly regretted that I did not spare the time to go inside, and this is the reason I write about the church even if I have not a single photo from it.
I have though photos of the round area. (Square Archiepiskopou Kyprianou)
In the entry you can see the new Archbishopric, the seat of the Cyprus Orthodox Church. It was built in 1960 in a neo-byzantine style. The Old Archbishopric built in 1730, stands alongside it.
Its ground floor houses the Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus.
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