Mosque · Ancient Monument
Arablar Mosque (Church of Stavros tou Missirikou)
Nicosia
Arablar Mosque (Church of Stavros tou Missirikou): a mosque in Nicosia. Protected by Order in Council in 1937. 1 dated record of work on it, 1955, with sources.
Nicosia District, about 35°10′ N, 33°21′ E
- Other recorded site
- Contours every 100 m
Protection
Antiquities Law- 31 December 1936
Proposed for declaration, No. 1193
“Arablar Mosque (Church of Stavros tou Missirikou)”
The Cyprus Gazette No. 1193 of 31 December 1936 (Notice No. 1193), p. 239, PDF p. 739 Online
- 19 May 1937
Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Nicosia item 24
“Arablar Mosque (Church of Stavros tou Missirikou)”
Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2587 of 21 May 1937, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1744 made under section 6 (1) (made 19 May 1937), Second Schedule, Nicosia item 24, p. 141 Online
What was done when
1 record- 1955
The Evcaf Department repaired the mosque under the supervision of the Department of Antiquities.
Repair and conservation
As printed
“The Evcaf Department repaired the Arablar and the Beuyuk Khan mosques in Nicosia”
Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1955 (London: HMSO, 1956), p. 79
In the literature
1- Undated
Founded in 1341 by the shepherd Georghios, who found the stolen cross of Tochni; cells for monks built round it with help from Queen Alice.
As printed
“Georghios, the shepherd boy, who in 1340 found the stolen cross of Tochni and became a monk and the founder of the Church of the Cross in Nicosia in 1341”
Costas Kyrris, "Asceticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 16–27, p. 23.
Sources
- 1.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2587 of 21 May 1937, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1744 made under section 6 (1) (made 19 May 1937), Second Schedule, Nicosia item 24, p. 141 Online
- 2.The Cyprus Gazette No. 1193 of 31 December 1936 (Notice No. 1193), p. 239, PDF p. 739 Online
- 3.Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Levkosia, die Hauptstadt von Cypern (1873), p. 37 (scan 71)
- 4.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1955 (London: HMSO, 1956), p. 79
- 5.Costas Kyrris, "Asceticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 16–27, p. 23.
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