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Kykko Monastery

Pedoulas, Nicosia District

Kykko Monastery: a monastery in Pedoulas, Nicosia District.

Nicosia District, about 34°58′ N, 32°50′ E

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What was done when

1 record
  1. Undated

    Conference participants photographed in front of Kykkos Monastery; delegates visited Kykkos Museum.

    Study

    As printed

    “The Conference participants in front of Kykkos Monastery”

    Anon., "Conference on Religious Tourism", Cyprus Today vol. 44, no. 4 (October–December 2006), pp. 59–61, p. 59.

In the literature

7
  1. early 1950s

    Apostolos Ververis photographed the inside of a monk's cell at the monastery, with a portrait of King George II of Greece hanging beside an icon of the Virgin.

    As printed

    “At Kykkos Monastery, he photographed the inside of a monk's cell where the portrait of King George II of Greece was hanging from the wall”

    Christina Roditou, «Cypriot heritage through the lens of Apostolos Ververis: shaping perceptions of identity in the 1950s», recorded conference paper, Empire and Excavation: Critical Perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, CAARI Cyprus, published on YouTube 2021-02-03, at 0:09:59 Online

  2. Undated

    Major imperial commission, now lost, carried out on Cyprus in the new Kykko monastery for Alexius I.

    As printed

    “a major (and now lost) imperial commission was also carried out on the island at this period in the new Kykko monastery for Alexius I”

    Michael Angold (1984). The Byzantine Aristocracy IX to XIII Centuries. Vol. S221. Oxford, B.A.R.. p. 164.

  3. Undated

    Monastery in the mountains of Cyprus, founded by Alexios Komnenos in 1082; the Kykkotissa icon is considered Cypriot.

    As printed

    “Kykkos is a monastery in the mountainous region of Cyprus and was founded by Alexios Komnenos in 1082.”

    Petr Balcárek (2023). Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries): Historical and Art Historical Perspectives. In East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450. Brill. p. 373.

  4. Undated

    Monastery on Cyprus to which Isaac Comnenos gave an icon; its Kykkotissa icon type was copied in Syria and Sinai.

    As printed

    “as in the icon given by Isaac Comnenos to the Kykko monastery on Cyprus.”

    Lucy-Anne Hunt (1991). A woman's prayer to St Sergios in Latin Syria: interpreting a thirteenth-century icon at Mount Sinai. In Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 15:1. pp. 96-146. p. 119. Online

  5. Undated

    Monastery whose new museum was opened last July; tradition says founded by Alexios Comnenos I after hermit Isaiah's revelation; 900th anniversary of foundation marked.

    As printed

    “The new museum of the Holy Royal and Stavropiyiaki Monastery of the Virgin of Kykko was opened last July”

    Anon., "Kykko Monastery Museum", Cyprus Today vol. 36, no. 3-4 (July–December 1998), pp. 73–75, p. 73.

  6. Undated

    New Kykko monastery, where a major and now lost imperial commission was carried out for Alexius I.

    As printed

    “a major (and now lost) imperial commission was also carried out on the island at this period in the new Kykko monastery for Alexius I”

    Michael Angold (1984). The Byzantine Aristocracy IX to XIII Centuries. Oxford, B.A.R.. p. 164.

1 more
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    Royal monastery in Marathasa, founded between late 11th and early 12th century, sheltering one of three icons attributed to St. Luke.

    As printed

    “The Monastery of Kykkos is the most famous of them.”

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

Pictures

28

In our archive · 21

Costas and Rita Severis Foundation2 paintings1950–1985
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00941, “Kykko Monastery”, 1985-1988 Online
  • painting, ca. 1950
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation2 films1996–1998
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 2052: «ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ ΕΡΓΑ - ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΗΣΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΚΥΚΚΟΥ», 7 March 1996, 00:13:27, 1996-03-07 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 3019: «ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΚΥΚΚΟΥ», 15 August 1998, 00:31:09, 1998-08-15 Online
Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)3 films1969
  • Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0393, «1969 #50 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 10 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list), 1969-06-17/1969-06-18 Online
  • Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0403, «1969 #60 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 17 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list), 1969-06-24/1969-06-25 Online
  • Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0404, «1969 #61 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 17 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list), 1969-06-25/1969-06-26 Online

Sources

  1. 1.The National Archives, Kew, CO 1069/705, CO 1069-705-09, «Nicosia (Cyprus) - Kykko Monastery», 1950-1959, The National Archives on Flickr Commons Online
  2. 2.Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0403, «1969 #60 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 17 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list) Online
  3. 3.Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0393, «1969 #50 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 10 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list) Online
  4. 4.Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology), film collection, F16-0404, «1969 #61 Cyprus», Watson Kintner, 1969, 17 min, shot list on the Internet Archive, (no timecodes in the shot list) Online
  5. 5.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_00777, “Kykkos Monastery”, ca. 1918, ; pht_00778, “Kykkos Monastery”, ca. 1918, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kykkos-monastery-2/28034/; pht_00779, “The Steeple of Kykkos Monastery”, ca. 1918, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/the-steeple-of-kykkos-monastery/28035/; and 17 more records Online
  6. 6.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00454, “The monastery of Khiko”, 1888 Online
  7. 7.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00941, “Kykko Monastery”, 1985-1988 Online
  8. 8.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 2052: «ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ ΕΡΓΑ - ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΗΣΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΚΥΚΚΟΥ», 7 March 1996, 00:13:27 Online
  9. 9.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 3019: «ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΚΥΚΚΟΥ», 15 August 1998, 00:31:09 Online
  10. 10.Petr Balcárek (2023). Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries): Historical and Art Historical Perspectives. In East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450. Brill. p. 373.
  11. 11.Michael Angold (1984). The Byzantine Aristocracy IX to XIII Centuries. Oxford, B.A.R.. p. 164.
  12. 12.Michael Angold (1984). The Byzantine Aristocracy IX to XIII Centuries. Vol. S221. Oxford, B.A.R.. p. 164.
  13. 13.Lucy-Anne Hunt (1991). A woman's prayer to St Sergios in Latin Syria: interpreting a thirteenth-century icon at Mount Sinai. In Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 15:1. pp. 96-146. p. 119. Online
  14. 14.Sir J. T. Hutchinson and Claude Delaval Cobham, A Handbook of Cyprus (1907), p. 94 (scan 118)
  15. 15.Annie Brassey, Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople: the Cyprus chapters (1880), p. 302 (scan 64)
  16. 16.Athanasios A. Sakellarios, Τὰ Κυπριακά, ἤτοι γεωγραφία, ἱστορία καὶ γλῶσσα τῆς νήσου Κύπρου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχαιοτάτων χρόνων μέχρι σήμερον. Τόμος πρῶτος: Γεωγραφία, ἱστορία, δημόσιος καὶ ἰδιωτικὸς βίος (1890), p. 117 (scan 145)
  17. 17.Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Levkosia, die Hauptstadt von Cypern (1873), p. 11 (scan 29)
  18. 18.Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, Levkosia, the Capital of Cyprus (1881), p. 8 (scan 27)
  19. 19.Christina Roditou, «Cypriot heritage through the lens of Apostolos Ververis: shaping perceptions of identity in the 1950s», recorded conference paper, Empire and Excavation: Critical Perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, CAARI Cyprus, published on YouTube 2021-02-03, at 0:09:59 Online
  20. 20.Anon., "Monasticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 2–10, p. 10.
  21. 21.Anon., "Kykko Monastery Museum", Cyprus Today vol. 36, no. 3-4 (July–December 1998), pp. 73–75, p. 73.
  22. 22.Anon., "Conference on Religious Tourism", Cyprus Today vol. 44, no. 4 (October–December 2006), pp. 59–61, p. 59.

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