Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis
Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis ( Greek Αγίος Νικολάος της Στέγης 'Saint Nicholas from the Roof' ) is a church building of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the Karyotis Valley on Cyprus . The church was in 1985 by the UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Painted Churches in the area of Troodos in the World Heritage UNESCO added.
description
The church is one of the barn roof churches in the Troodos Mountains . It is located about five kilometers outside the village of Kakopetria on a stream and is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra . Construction began in the early 11th century and was later expanded and given the barn roof. The frescoes date from six centuries.
The fine features of larger-than-life Nicholas, the church patron, from the 12th century reveal an artist who is experienced in icon and fresco painting. Next to his shoulders, Jesus, painted smaller, hand him a Bible and Mary an omophorion . At the bottom left is a monk with an inscription above him. Saint Theodore and Saint George from the 14th century, also larger than life, wear colorful uniforms. In a “Birth of Jesus” from the 14th century, the mother is shown as a Galactotrophousa ; she extends her left breast to the child. Goats climb in the mountains with sprinkles of white in their fur. A young man on the left plays the flute.
Nicholas
Theodor and Georg
Birth of jesus
literature
- Andreas Stylianou and Judith A. Stylianou: The church of St. Nicholas of the Roof (Agios Nikolaos tis Steyis) . In: The Painted Churches of Cyprus . 2nd revised ed. AG Leventis Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 1997, ISBN 9963-560-30-X , chap. B.IV.4., S. 53-75 ( pdf, 152MB ).
Web links
- The church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis on www.visitcyprus.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Painted Churches in the Troodos Region. In: whc.unesco.org. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
Coordinates: 34 ° 58 '38.2 " N , 32 ° 53' 22.4" E
