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The Monastery of Panayia Troodhitissa

Phini, Limassol District

The Monastery of Panayia Troodhitissa: a monastery in Phini, Limassol District. Protected by Order in Council in 1949.

Limassol District, about 34°54′ N, 32°49′ E

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Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 28 February 1949

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

    “The Monastery of Panayia Troodhitissa.”

    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, Limassol, pp. 121–123 Online

  2. 24 November 1949

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 454, Second Schedule, Limassol

    “The Monastery of Panayia Troodhitissa.”

    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, Limassol, pp. 527–529 Online

What was done when

1 record
  1. Undated

    Highest monastery in the island, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary; old church recently restored by the Department of Antiquities.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “The old church has been recently restored by the Department of Antiquities.”

    Anon., "Summer Resorts", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 3 (May–June 1963), pp. 14–16, p. 14.

In the literature

1
  1. 1937

    First centre was the ascetic cave church of the Metamorphosis, perhaps much older than the monastery founded at the end of the 10th century; monastery converted to cenobitic institution in 1937.

    As printed

    “where its first centre was the ascetic cave church of the Metamorphosis, which is perhaps much older than the foundation of the monastery at the end of the 10th”

    Costas Kyrris, "Asceticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 16–27, p. 24.

Pictures

3

In our archive · 2

Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1950
  • Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_01032, “Cave under Trooditissa monastery”, ca. 1930, ; pht_01038, “Courtyard of Trooditissa Monastery”, ca. 1930, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/courtyard-of-trooditissa-monastery/7638/; PNT-00321, “Hill Monastery”, ca.1950, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/hill-monastery/12993/ Online

Sources

  1. 1.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, Limassol, pp. 121–123 Online
  2. 2.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, Limassol, pp. 527–529 Online
  3. 3.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_01032, “Cave under Trooditissa monastery”, ca. 1930, ; pht_01038, “Courtyard of Trooditissa Monastery”, ca. 1930, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/courtyard-of-trooditissa-monastery/7638/; PNT-00321, “Hill Monastery”, ca.1950, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/hill-monastery/12993/ Online
  4. 4.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. 59 (scan 87)
  5. 5.Anon., "Summer Resorts", Cyprus Today vol. 1, no. 3 (May–June 1963), pp. 14–16, p. 14.
  6. 6.Costas Kyrris, "Asceticism in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 35, no. 1-2 (January–June 1997), pp. 16–27, p. 24.

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