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Church of the Holy Apostles

Pera Chorio, Nicosia District · Middle Byzantine Period

Church of the Holy Apostles: a church in Pera Chorio, Nicosia District. Protected by Order in Council in 1940. 3 dated records of work on it, 1959 to 1998, with sources.

Ayia Varvara-AsprokremnosAlambraIdalionAgios Sozomenos

Nicosia District, about 35°01′ N, 33°22′ E

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The pin marks the village of Pera Chorio, not the building. Approximate location. Open in the map →

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 20 December 1939

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

    “The Church of Ayii Apostoli.”

    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 32

    “The Church of Ayii Apostoli.”

    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 32, pp. 238–240 Online

What was done when

3 records
  1. 1959

    Experts in the conservation and cleaning of wall-paintings from the Byzantine Institute of America, on the Institute's first mission in Cyprus, conserved and cleaned the fragmentary early 12th-century paintings; the cost was shared by the Institute, the Archbishopric and the Department of Antiquities.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “undertook the first mission sponsored by the Institute in Cyprus at the Church of Ayii Apostoli, Perokhorio”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1959 (London: HMSO, 1961), p. 87

  2. 1973

    The Dumbarton Oaks Institute worked on the conservation of the frescoes of the churches of Lagoudhera and Pera Khorio.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “L'institut Dumbarton Oaks a travaillé à la conservation des fresques des églises de Lagoudhera et Pera Khorio”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 98 (1974), pp. 821-896, p. 823

  3. 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

In the literature

1
  1. Undated

    Principal composition sketched in red and ochre on the wall; Ascension heads and preliminary drawing illustrated.

    As printed

    “At Perachorio in Cyprus $ ^{94} $ the principal parts of the composition were sketched in red and ochre (figs. 4a, b)”

    David C. Winfield (1968). Middle and Later Byzantine Wall Painting Methods. A Comparative Study. In Dumbarton Oaks Papers. pp. 61-139. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. p. 85. Online

Pictures

4
Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1985
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00924, “Perakhorio, The Church of Ayii Apostoli”, 1985-1988 Online
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus2 photographs
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1012745-1, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25449: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Pera Chorio, Church of Holy Apostles, dome, wall paintings (P1012745-1)» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1012745-2, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25425: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Pera Chorio, Church of Holy Apostles, south-west view of church (P1012745-2)» Online
Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)1 film1969
  • 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

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1012745-1, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25449: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Pera Chorio, Church of Holy Apostles, dome, wall paintings (P1012745-1)» Online
  2. 2.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1012745-2, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25425: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Pera Chorio, Church of Holy Apostles, south-west view of church (P1012745-2)» Online
  3. 3.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 32, pp. 238–240 Online
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00924, “Perakhorio, The Church of Ayii Apostoli”, 1985-1988 Online
  7. 7.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1998», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 123 (1999), pp. 599-633, p. 631
  8. 8.David C. Winfield (1968). Middle and Later Byzantine Wall Painting Methods. A Comparative Study. In Dumbarton Oaks Papers. pp. 61-139. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. p. 85. Online
  9. 9.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 98 (1974), pp. 821-896, p. 823
  10. 10.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1959 (London: HMSO, 1961), p. 87

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