Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian

Bars'kyj

fl. 1734–1996 · Ukraine

Monk, active 1734–1996.

Life and work

  1. 1734–1736
    Fourth stay in Cyprus. At Paphos he described the remains he took for an Aphrodite temple, including three standing columns, and mentioned columns lying in the ancient square without describing a temple above it.

    PaphosPapuci-Władyka 2020

  2. 1730s
    Toured Cypriot monasteries in the 1730s; his account records foundation stories of icons and crosses found in caves and bushes (Ayia Napa icon, Stavros tis Mytou cross), cited by Given as evidence of Orthodox 'discovery' narratives.

    CyprusGiven 2025

Connections

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Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.E. Papuci-Władyka (ed.) (2020). Interdisciplinary Research of the Jagiellonian University in Nea Paphos UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011-2015): First Results.
  2. 2.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
  3. 3.A. D. Grishin (1996). A Pilgrim's Account of Cyprus: Bars'kyj's Travels in Cyprus. Essay, translation, and commentaries. Altamont, NY, Greece and Cyprus Research Center.