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Monastery of the Holy and Life-giving Cross

Omodos, Limassol District · Medieval

Monastery of the Holy and Life-giving Cross: a monastery in Omodos, Limassol District. 8 dated records of work on it, 1955 to 2002, with sources.

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Limassol District, about 34°51′ N, 32°48′ E

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What was done when

11 records
  1. 1955

    The work at the monastery was completed.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “The work at Khrysoroyiatissa and Omodhos Monasteries and at churches in Emba and Khlorakas was completed”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1955 (London: HMSO, 1956), p. 79

  2. 1993

    Monastery where restoration or repair works were carried out.

    Repair and conservation

    Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 118 (1994), pp. 647-693, p. 691

  3. 1994

    Byzantine monastery restored.

    Repair and conservation

    Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1994», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 119 (1995), pp. 799-838, p. 838

  4. 1998

    Monastery; carved ceilings restored 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; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 918

  5. 1999

    Monastery; carved wooden ceilings restoration completed in 1999.

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1999», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 124 (2000), pp. 665-699, p. 698; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2000», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 125 (2001), pp. 743-777, p. 776

  6. 2000

    Carved wooden elements of the monastery restored in 2000.

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1999», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 124 (2000), pp. 665-699, p. 698; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2000», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 125 (2001), pp. 743-777, p. 776

  7. 2001

    Monastery restored in 2001.

    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; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 918

  8. 2002

    North wing of the monastery; conservation (Fig. 54).

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2002», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 127 (2003), pp. 649-682, p. 679

  9. Undated

    Conservation work sponsored by Foundation after 1980, some frescoes revealed.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “the Holy Cross at Omodhos and the Holy Cross at Pelendri”

    Anon., "The Leventis Foundation", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 89–94, p. 91.

  10. Undated

    Historic monastery where Leventis Foundation helped repair buildings and conserve old icons and vessels; a sacristy was created there.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “the historic Monastery of the Holy Cross at Omodhos. At the same time as helping with the repair of the Monastery”

    Vassos Karageorghis, "Cypriote Antiquities at the National Museum of Athens", Cyprus Today vol. 47, no. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 42–47, p. 46.

  11. Undated

    Monastery of the Holy Cross near Tsada, Minthas, district of Paphos; listed among monuments restored.

    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; Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727; Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 918

In the literature

1
  1. Undated

    Wood carved door and ceiling; stone doors with serrated relief bands of Gothic type; Synod room decoration.

    As printed

    “The doors of the Monastery of the Holy Cross at Omodhos, with serrated bands of relief, are of such a type”

    Euphrosyne Rizopoulou Egoumenidou, "Wood Carved, Stone Carved and Painted Decoration in the Traditional Architecture of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 16–33, p. 24.

Pictures

2
Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1973
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00373, “The Monastery of the True Cross, Omodos”, 1973 Online
Cyprus University of Technology1 photograph
  • Cyprus University of Technology, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Omodos Community Council; Κοινοτικό Συμβούλιο Ομόδους: «Το Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού στο Όμοδος», via Europeana Online

Sources

  1. 1.Cyprus University of Technology, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Omodos Community Council; Κοινοτικό Συμβούλιο Ομόδους: «Το Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού στο Όμοδος», via Europeana Online
  2. 2.Cyprus University of Technology, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Omodos Community Council; Κοινοτικό Συμβούλιο Ομόδους: «Το Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού στο Όμοδος», via Europeana Online
  3. 3.Cyprus University of Technology, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Omodos Community Council; Κοινοτικό Συμβούλιο Ομόδους: «Το Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού στο Όμοδος», via Europeana Online
  4. 4.Cyprus University of Technology, Apsida (Cyprus University of Technology), creator Omodos Community Council; Κοινοτικό Συμβούλιο Ομόδους: «Το Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου και Ζωοποιού Σταυρού στο Όμοδος», via Europeana Online
  5. 5.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00373, “The Monastery of the True Cross, Omodos”, 1973 Online
  6. 6.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 118 (1994), pp. 647-693, p. 691
  7. 7.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1994», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 119 (1995), pp. 799-838, p. 838
  8. 8.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1998», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 123 (1999), pp. 599-633, p. 631
  9. 9.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727
  10. 10.Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 918
  11. 11.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1999», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 124 (2000), pp. 665-699, p. 698
  12. 12.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2000», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 125 (2001), pp. 743-777, p. 776
  13. 13.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2002», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 127 (2003), pp. 649-682, p. 679
  14. 14.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1955 (London: HMSO, 1956), p. 79
  15. 15.Anon., "The Leventis Foundation", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 89–94, p. 91.
  16. 16.Euphrosyne Rizopoulou Egoumenidou, "Wood Carved, Stone Carved and Painted Decoration in the Traditional Architecture of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 16–33, p. 24.
  17. 17.Vassos Karageorghis, "Cypriote Antiquities at the National Museum of Athens", Cyprus Today vol. 47, no. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 42–47, p. 46.

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