Church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis

1. 20 December 1939

   Proposed for declaration, No. 413, Second Schedule, Nicosia

   “The Church of Ayios Nikolaos-tis-Steghis.”

   Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2802 of 20 December 1939, No. 413, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 20 December 1939), Second Schedule, Nicosia, pp. 725–727 Online

2. 18 March 1940

   Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Nicosia item 36

   “The Church of Ayios Nikolaos-tis-Steghis.”

   Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2821 of 21 March 1940, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1937 made under section 6 (1) (made 18 March 1940), Second Schedule, Nicosia item 36, pp. 238–240 Online

1. 1955

   The Archbishopric undertook repairs to the church.

   Repair and conservation

   As printed

   “The Archbishopric undertook repairs to the Byzantine Church of St. Nicholas-of-the - Roof near Kakopetria”

   Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1955 (London: HMSO, 1956), p. 79

2. 1991

   Church; wooden parts repaired in 1991.

   Repair and conservation

   Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831

3. 1992

   Fresco cleaning and conservation continued in 1992.

   Repair and conservation

   Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 755

4. 1997

   Church whose wall paintings were conserved in 1997.

   Repair and conservation

   Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1997», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 122 (1998), pp. 663-703, p. 703

5. 1998

   Church with frescoes; restoration in 1998.

   Repair and conservation

   Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1998», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 123 (1999), pp. 599-633, p. 631

6. 2007

   Conservation of the 12th, 13th and 15th-century wall-paintings of this UNESCO-listed church, consolidating the damaged areas.

   Repair and conservation

   Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 20-21

7. Undated

   Byzantine church covered by a second, inclined roof that hides the dome.

   Repair and conservation

   As printed

   “les eglises de Saint-Nicolas tis Steyis (du toit) pres de Kakopetria, de SaintJean Lampadistis a Kalopanayiotis, de la Panayia d'Arakou pres de Lagoudera, ont ete recouvertes par un second toit”

   ATHANASE PAPAGEORGHIOU, "L'Art Byzantin de Chypre", Cyprus Today vol. 6, no. 1 (January–March 1968), pp. 18–20, p. 19.

8. Undated

   Cross-in-square church above Kakopetria with dome; earliest paintings early eleventh century, narthex added early twelfth; frescoes of various dates; cleaned and preserved by Department of Antiquities

   Repair and conservation

   As printed

   “The church is of the cross-in-square type with a dome over the centre.”

   Andreas Stylianou; Judith Stylianou, "The Church of St. Nicholas of the Roof", Cyprus Today vol. 24, no. 3 (July–September 1986), pp. 8–19, p. 8.

9. Undated

   Greek experts will also carry out similar work (cleaning and preservation of frescoes) there.

   Repair and conservation

   As printed

   “The Greek experts will also carry out similar work at St. Nicholas Church near Kakopetria village.”

   Anon., "Byzantine Paintings come to light", Cyprus Today vol. 4, no. 1-4 (January–July 1966), p. 17.

1. Undated

   11th century according to the first wall painting in the church; ruined cells in enclosure.

   As printed

   “The Monastery of St. Nicholas tis Stegis is 11th century on the evidence of the first wall painting in the church.”

   Anon., "Monasticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 2–10, p. 9.

2. Undated

   Church with a fresco of the bust of Christ rising from the Holy Communion cup, cited as Cypriot.

   As printed

   “Drawing of fresco from Cyprus. Hagios Nikolaos of Kakopetria: the bust of Christ rising from the Holy Communion Cup”

   Nicholas C. Stampolidis (2007). The "Shields": An Eleuthernian View to the Idaean Cave. INSTAP Academic Press. p. 312.

3. Undated

   Church with an Anastasis wall-painting of the end of the thirteenth century, near Kakopetria.

   As printed

   “Another fine representation of the Anastasis survives in the church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis”

   A. and J. STYLIANOU, "The Anastasis (Resurrection) in the Painted Churches of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 5, no. 2 (April–June 1967), pp. 5–7, p. 7.

4. Undated

   Cypriot church at Kakopetria; 11th-century cross-in-square church with frescoes of church festivals; oldest frescoes recall Ochrid; Last Judgment in narthex.

   As printed

   “The oldest frescoes in Hagios Nicholaos tis Stegis (Fig. 78) at Kakopetria recall the frescoes in the Sophia cathedral in Ochrid in the Balkans.”

   Elisabeth Piltz (2007). From Constantine the Great to Kandinsky: Studies in Byzantine and post-Byzantine art and architecture. In BAR International Series 1669. Oxford, BAR Publishing. p. 43.

5. Undated

   Fourteenth-century Nativity wall-painting in popular style.

   As printed

   “the church of Agios Nicolaos tis Steyis (St. Nicholas of the Roof), near Kakopetria (fig. 2)”

   A. Stylianou, "The Nativity in Local Byzantine Art", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 6 (November–December 1963), pp. 4–5, p. 5.

6. Undated

   Nativity wall painting of the 14th century, described as one of the best pieces of 14th-century painting in Cyprus.

   As printed

   “Kakopetria. 14th century. The painting of the Nativity in the Church of Ayios Nikolaos tis Steghis”

   Anon., "Christmas Set of Stamps", Cyprus Today vol. 7, no. 4 (October–December 1969), pp. 2–3, p. 2.

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