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Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis

Kalopanayiotis, Nicosia District · Late Byzantine Period; Middle Byzantine Period; Post-Byzantine

Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis: a monastery in Kalopanayiotis, Nicosia District. Protected by Order in Council in 1936. 7 dated records of work on it, 1951 to 2007, with sources.

Nicosia District, about 34°59′ N, 32°50′ E

  • Other recorded site
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Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 1936

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 1713

    “Church and Monastery of St. John Lampadistis at Kalopanayiotis”

    The Cyprus Blue Book 1936 1936 (Notice No. 1713), p. 127, PDF p. 131 Online

  2. 22 May 1936

    Proposed for declaration, No. 496

    “The Church and Monastery of St. John Lampadistis”

    The Cyprus Gazette of 22 May 1936 (Notice No. 496), p. 292, PDF p. 292 Online

  3. 17 October 1936

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 1002

    “The Church and Monastery of St. John Lampadistis”

    The Cyprus Gazette No. 2545 of 23 October 1936 (Notice No. 1002), p. 721, PDF p. 653 Online

What was done when

8 records
  1. 1951

    About half the roof of the monastic church was reconstructed by the Kyrenia See under the supervision of the Department of Antiquities.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “About half the roof of the monastic church of St. John Lambadistis at Kalopanayiotis was reconstructed by the Kyrenia See”

    Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1951 (London: HMSO, 1952), p. 57

  2. 1973

    Restored to its original form in 1973.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “In 1973 the Monastery of Ayios Ioannis Lambadhistis at Kalopanayiotis was restored to its”

    A. PAPAGEORGHIOU, "Activities of the Department of Antiquities in the Field of the Conservation and Restoration of Ancient Monuments 1960-73", Cyprus Today vol. 11, no. 5-6 (September–December 1973), pp. 11–20, p. 14.

  3. 1991

    Church; frescoes cleaned or consolidated 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

  4. 1992

    Frescoes cleaned and conserved in 1992 (fig. 51: fresco of about 1500 in the Latin chapel).

    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

  5. 1997

    Church whose wall paintings were conserved in 1997.

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

  6. 2000

    Monastery church; conservation and restoration work carried out in 2000; on UNESCO World Heritage List.

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2000», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 125 (2001), pp. 743-777, p. 776

  7. 2007

    Conservation work in the catholicon of the UNESCO-listed monastery, with wall-paintings of the 13th and 15th centuries and some 11th-century fragments.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 22-23

  8. Undated

    Byzantine church covered by a second inclined roof hiding the dome.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “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.

In the literature

14
  1. 1500

    Latin Chapel frescos include Italian-Byzantine and Renaissance-influenced scenes; believed to date around 1500 and dated 1502 in a caption.

    As printed

    “Renaissance, Italian standards are also followed at the Latin Chapel of the Monastery of Lambatistis at Kalopanagiotis, which we believe dates around 1500”

    Ioannis A. Eliades, "Cypriot Painting and its Affinity with Italian Art during the Frankish and Venetian Rule: 1191-1571", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 21–27, p. 26.

  2. Undated

    Built and painted in 11th and 12th centuries; 13th century frescoes showing Italian Renaissance contact; most complete mid-Byzantine frescoes.

    As printed

    “Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis, Kalopanagiotis – built and decorated with painting in the 11th and 12th centuries.”

    Anon., "Cyprus World Heritage", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 42–47, p. 45.

  3. Undated

    Chapel of St. Heraclidios built and decorated in 11th century, redecorated with frescoes in 13th century.

    As printed

    “The chapel of this Monastery, which is dedicated to St. Heraclidios, was built and decorated in the 11 th century.”

    Anon., "Stamps.", Cyprus Today vol. 25, no. 1 (January–March 1987), pp. 7–8, p. 8.

  4. Undated

    Church with 15th-century wall-paintings; during Lusignan days one half served Orthodox rite and the other Latin rite; 15th and 16th century icons.

    As printed

    “The Church is unique in that in the days of the Lusignans one half of it was apportioned to the Orthodox rite of the Greek inhabitants and the other half to the Latin rite”

    Anon., "Summer Resorts", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 3 (May–June 1963), pp. 14–16, p. 15.

  5. Undated

    Churches of monastery inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List.

    As printed

    “St. John's Monastery ( Lambadistis ) at Kalopanayiotis”

    Anon., "Troodos Churches on the World Heritage List", Cyprus Today vol. 24, no. 3 (July–September 1986), pp. 2–6, p. 2.

  6. Undated

    Epistyle decoration panels (Washing of the Feet, Christ in Gethsemane, 13th century) shown in old photographs in the Stylianou collection as part of the monastery's epistyle in Cyprus.

    As printed

    “Old photographs in the Stylianou collection show this piece along with others as part of the epistyle decoration of the monastery of St John Lampadiste in Cyprus”

    A. W. Epstein (1981). THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE SANCTUARY BARRIER: TEMPLON OR ICONOSTASIS?. p. 15. Online

8 more
  1. Undated

    Monastery at Kalopanayiotis with 13th and 14th century wall paintings; one of the ten painted churches.

    As printed

    “Ayios Ioannis (St. John) Lambadistis Monastery, Kalopanayiotis”

    Anon., "World Heritage of Cyprus: history, myth and religion", Cyprus Today vol. 54, no. 1 (January–March 2016), pp. 19–29, p. 27.

  2. Undated

    Monastery of Kalopanayiotis on Cyprus (thirteenth century) is argued to have a Latin funerary chapel on account of its Italianate frescoes.

    As printed

    “The monastery of Kalopanayiotis on Cyprus (thirteenth century) is argued to have a Latin funerary chapel on account of its Italianate frescoes.”

    Ermioni Karachaliou (2013). The Island of Aegina: An Example of <i>Modus Vivendi</i> in the Medieval Mediterranean. In Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean. pp. 279-304. Routledge. p. 304. Online

  3. Undated

    Monastery; fresco of c. 1500 showing the Virgin and Christ in the 'chapelle latine'.

    Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 754; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1997», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 122 (1998), pp. 663-703, p. 703

  4. Undated

    Narthex and main church frescoes in local style; Mocking of Christ scene with western iconographic elements.

    As printed

    “the monastery of Lampadistis in Kalopanayiotis”

    Joanna Christoforaki, "Mediaeval Art of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 34, no. 3-4 (July–December 1996), pp. 17–25, p. 19.

  5. Undated

    Provided a room for the school of Marathasa in the 17th century.

    As printed

    “The especial contribution of the Monastery of Ayios Ioannis Lampadistis”

    Andreas N. Mitsides, "The Contribution of Cypriot Monasticism to Education", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 28–36, p. 35.

  6. Undated

    Source of icon Virgin Mary Glykophilousa (1105-1106), shown in the Maniera Cypria section.

    As printed

    “Virgin Mary Glykophilousa (1105-1106) from the Monastery of St John Lampadistis, Kalopanayiotis”

    Anon., "Theotokos", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 16–19, p. 18.

  7. 13th century

    The 13th-century wall paintings of the katholikon are, with those of the Panagia at Moutoullas, one of the two monuments that have dominated the study of Cypriot monumental painting of the late 13th century.

    As printed

    “και στο καθολικό της Μονής του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Λαμπαδιστή στον Καλοπαναγιώτη”

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 22-23

    Also: Maria Parani, «Ο Ναός της Μεταμόρφωσης στη Σωτήρα Αμμοχώστου: Ιστορία – Αρχιτεκτονική – Τοιχογραφίες», recorded conference paper, Το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2017, Archaeological Research Unit - University of Cyprus, published on YouTube 2018-02-27, at 0:00:00 Online

  8. Undated

    Troodos monastery church with 13th-century paintings and Italo-Byzantine north chapel.

    As printed

    “well represented by paintings in the Agios Ioannis Lampadistis monastery”

    Fryni Hadjichristophi, "World Heritage Sites in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 41, no. 1 (January–April 2003), pp. 24–39, p. 35.

Pictures

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In our archive · 1

Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1985
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_00788, “Ancient Church and open air class Kalopanayioti village Cyprus”, ca. 1935, ; PNT-00859, “St. John Lampadistis - Kalopanayiotis”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/st-john-lampadistis-kalopanayiotis/8402/ Online
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation5 films1981–2007
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 7324: «ΚΑΛΟΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ - ΜΟΝΗ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΗ ΛΑΜΠΑΔΙΣΤΗ - 1981 KALOPANAGIOTIS - SINGLE SAINT IANINE LAMPADISTI - 1981», 22 April 1981, 00:03:24, 1981-04-22 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4197: «THE GOLDEN BIRTH Η ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ», 24 December 2006, 00:25:11, 2006-12-24 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4199: «TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO», 21 June 2007, 00:47:12, 2007-06-21 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4196: «ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE», 25 June 2007, 00:45:19, 2007-06-25 Online
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Department of Antiquities of Cyprus12 photographs
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  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24812: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, church of Saint Heraκleidios, semicylinder of the apse, wall painting» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24815: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, Chapel of "Akathistos Hymn" or "Latin" Chapel, west wall, wall painting» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24937: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, General view of the monastery» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24953: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, main church (katholikon) of Saint Herakleidios, looking east, wall paintings and templon» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24954: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, main church (katholikon) of Saint Herakleidios, looking east, templon screen» Online

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24815: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, Chapel of "Akathistos Hymn" or "Latin" Chapel, west wall, wall painting» Online
  2. 2.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24812: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, church of Saint Heraκleidios, semicylinder of the apse, wall painting» Online
  3. 3.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24937: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, General view of the monastery» Online
  4. 4.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24954: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, main church (katholikon) of Saint Herakleidios, looking east, templon screen» Online
  5. 5.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/24953: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kalopanagiotis, Monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, main church (katholikon) of Saint Herakleidios, looking east, wall paintings and templon» Online
  6. 6.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, «Ελεγχόμενες περιοχές από το Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων» (Controlled areas by the Department of Antiquities), open dataset, first issued 8 February 2018, modified 16 January 2024, CC BY 4.0, row no. 5 Online
  7. 7.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, «Επισκέψιμα Αρχαία Μνημεία της Κύπρου» (Visitable Ancient Monuments of Cyprus), open dataset, first issued 8 February 2018, modified 16 January 2024, CC BY 4.0, row no. 18 Online
  8. 8.The Cyprus Blue Book 1936 1936 (Notice No. 1713), p. 127, PDF p. 131 Online
  9. 9.The Cyprus Gazette No. 2545 of 23 October 1936 (Notice No. 1002), p. 721, PDF p. 653 Online
  10. 10.The Cyprus Gazette of 22 May 1936 (Notice No. 496), p. 292, PDF p. 292 Online
  11. 11.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_00788, “Ancient Church and open air class Kalopanayioti village Cyprus”, ca. 1935, ; PNT-00859, “St. John Lampadistis - Kalopanayiotis”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/st-john-lampadistis-kalopanayiotis/8402/ Online
  12. 12.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1991», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 116 (1992), pp. 793-831, p. 831
  13. 13.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 754
  14. 14.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1997», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 122 (1998), pp. 663-703, p. 703
  15. 15.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1992», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 117 (1993), pp. 719-755, p. 755
  16. 16.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2000», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 125 (2001), pp. 743-777, p. 776
  17. 17.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4196: «ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE», 25 June 2007, 00:45:19 Online
  18. 18.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4197: «THE GOLDEN BIRTH Η ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ», 24 December 2006, 00:25:11 Online
  19. 19.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4199: «TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO», 21 June 2007, 00:47:12 Online
  20. 20.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 7324: «ΚΑΛΟΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ - ΜΟΝΗ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΗ ΛΑΜΠΑΔΙΣΤΗ - 1981 KALOPANAGIOTIS - SINGLE SAINT IANINE LAMPADISTI - 1981», 22 April 1981, 00:03:24 Online
  21. 21.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), programme in the BYZART project (Byzantine Art and Archaeology on Europeana; Università di Bologna), «Παγκόσμια Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά - Δέκα Βυζαντινές Εκκλησίες της Κύπρου στον Κατάλογο της Παγκόσμιας Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς της UNESCO», , https://cmc.byzart.eu/items/show/6897/ Online
  22. 22.A. W. Epstein (1981). THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE SANCTUARY BARRIER: TEMPLON OR ICONOSTASIS?. p. 15. Online
  23. 23.Ermioni Karachaliou (2013). The Island of Aegina: An Example of <i>Modus Vivendi</i> in the Medieval Mediterranean. In Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean. pp. 279-304. Routledge. p. 304. Online
  24. 24.Anon., "Summer Resorts", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 3 (May–June 1963), pp. 14–16, p. 15.
  25. 25.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 22-23
  26. 26.Maria Parani, «Ο Ναός της Μεταμόρφωσης στη Σωτήρα Αμμοχώστου: Ιστορία – Αρχιτεκτονική – Τοιχογραφίες», recorded conference paper, Το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2017, Archaeological Research Unit - University of Cyprus, published on YouTube 2018-02-27, at 0:00:00 Online
  27. 27.Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1951 (London: HMSO, 1952), p. 57
  28. 28.ATHANASE PAPAGEORGHIOU, "L'Art Byzantin de Chypre", Cyprus Today vol. 6, no. 1 (January–March 1968), pp. 18–20, p. 19.
  29. 29.A. PAPAGEORGHIOU, "Activities of the Department of Antiquities in the Field of the Conservation and Restoration of Ancient Monuments 1960-73", Cyprus Today vol. 11, no. 5-6 (September–December 1973), pp. 11–20, p. 14.
  30. 30.Anon., "Troodos Churches on the World Heritage List", Cyprus Today vol. 24, no. 3 (July–September 1986), pp. 2–6, p. 2.
  31. 31.Anon., "Stamps.", Cyprus Today vol. 25, no. 1 (January–March 1987), pp. 7–8, p. 8.
  32. 32.Joanna Christoforaki, "Mediaeval Art of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 34, no. 3-4 (July–December 1996), pp. 17–25, p. 19.
  33. 33.Andreas N. Mitsides, "The Contribution of Cypriot Monasticism to Education", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 28–36, p. 35.
  34. 34.Fryni Hadjichristophi, "World Heritage Sites in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 41, no. 1 (January–April 2003), pp. 24–39, p. 35.
  35. 35.Anon., "Cyprus World Heritage", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 42–47, p. 45.
  36. 36.Anon., "Theotokos", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 16–19, p. 18.
  37. 37.Ioannis A. Eliades, "Cypriot Painting and its Affinity with Italian Art during the Frankish and Venetian Rule: 1191-1571", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 21–27, p. 26.
  38. 38.Anon., "World Heritage of Cyprus: history, myth and religion", Cyprus Today vol. 54, no. 1 (January–March 2016), pp. 19–29, p. 27.

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