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Church of Panagia Katholiki

Kouklia, Paphos District · Middle Byzantine Period; Post-Byzantine

Church of Panagia Katholiki: a monastery in Kouklia, Paphos District. Protected by Order in Council in 1949. 2 dated records of work on it, 1958 to 2002, with sources.

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 28 February 1949

    Proposed for declaration, No. 88, Second Schedule, Paphos

    “The Church of Panayia Katholiki.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3424 of 28 February 1949, No. 88, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 28 February 1949), Second Schedule, Paphos, pp. 121–123 Online

  2. 24 November 1949

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 454, Second Schedule, Paphos item 19

    “The Church of Panayia Katholiki.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3470 of 1 December 1949, No. 454, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Order in Council No. 2389 made under section 6 (1) (made 24 November 1949), Second Schedule, Paphos item 19, pp. 527–529 Online

What was done when

2 records
  1. 1958

    The church was repaired for the ecclesiastical authorities with the aid of a Government grant.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “Panayia Katholiki (Kouklia )”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1958 (London: HMSO, 1959), p. 89

  2. 2002

    Church; conservation and fresco restoration.

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2002», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 127 (2003), pp. 649-682, pp. 680-681

In the literature

1
  1. 2006

    A new electrical system was installed in the church. Printed costs: Government contribution 435.

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 37

Pictures

5
Costas and Rita Severis Foundation2 paintings1950–1985
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00562, “Church of Panagia Katholiki, Kouklia, Cyprus”, ca. 1950, ; PNT-00968, “Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor [Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor]”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor-katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor/8511/ Online
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00562, “Church of Panagia Katholiki, Kouklia, Cyprus”, ca. 1950, ; PNT-00968, “Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor [Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor]”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor-katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor/8511/ Online
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus3 photographs
  • 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 20.500.14008/27822: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, south-east view of church» 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 20.500.14008/27823: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, north-east view of church» 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 20.500.14008/27824: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, nave, 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 20.500.14008/27824: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, nave, looking east, templon screen» 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 20.500.14008/27823: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, north-east view of church» 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 20.500.14008/27822: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kouklia, Church of Panagia Katholiki, south-east view of church» Online
  4. 4.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3470 of 1 December 1949, No. 454, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Order in Council No. 2389 made under section 6 (1) (made 24 November 1949), Second Schedule, Paphos item 19, pp. 527–529 Online
  5. 5.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3424 of 28 February 1949, No. 88, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 28 February 1949), Second Schedule, Paphos, pp. 121–123 Online
  6. 6.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00562, “Church of Panagia Katholiki, Kouklia, Cyprus”, ca. 1950, ; PNT-00968, “Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor [Katholiki church, Kouklia near the royal manor]”, 1985-1988, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor-katholiki-church-kouklia-near-the-royal-manor/8511/ Online
  7. 7.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2002», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 127 (2003), pp. 649-682, pp. 680-681
  8. 8.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 37
  9. 9.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1958 (London: HMSO, 1959), p. 89

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