Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (Cyprus)

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Metamorfosis tou Sotiros ( Greek Μεταμορφώσης του Σωτήρος ), also called Agia Sotira ( Greek Αγία Σωτήρα ), is a church building of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in 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 and is located in Palechori . It is dedicated to the transfiguration of the Lord . The building dates from the early 16th century and is painted with one of the most perfect post-Byzantine cycles in Cyprus.

At the apostle communion, Jesus does not, as is usually the case, give six apostles the bread on one side and six apostles the wine on the other side. There are twelve apostles on the left and eleven on the right - Judas, who took the bread out of his mouth on the left, is missing on the right. “While the vestments of the apostles are reminiscent of the 14th century, the faces show features of the 16th century.” Diffuse light with applied highlights makes Mary's face shine between the archangels Gabriel and Michael. St. George puts a hand on the shoulder of St. Demetrios of Saloniki, whom legend has made his brother. So they are reminiscent of the ancient Dioscuri .

  • Holy Communion, left part

  • Holy Communion, right part

  • Maria between Gabriel and Michael

  • Georg and Demetrios

literature

  • Andreas Stylianou and Judith A. Stylianou: The church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (tou Soteros) . In: The Painted Churches of Cyprus . 2nd revised ed. AG Leventis Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 1997, ISBN 9963-560-30-X , chap. B.XIX.27., P. 256-286 ( pdf, 152MB ).

Web links

Commons : Church of Ayia Sotira (of the Transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Painted Churches in the Troodos Region. In: whc.unesco.org. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Stylianou and Stylianou 1985, p. 269.
  3. ↑ Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienD/Demetrios_von_Saloniki.html . Retrieved May 10, 2012.

Coordinates: 34 ° 55 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 33 ° 5 ′ 40.9 ″  E