Panagia tis Podithou

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Panagia Podithou

Panagia tis Podithou ( Greek Παναγία της Ποδίθου ), also called Panagia Eleousa tis Podithou ( Greek Παναγία Ελεούσα της Ποδίθου ‚Our Lady of Mercy of Podithou ' ), is a building of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus 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 Marienkirche is one of the four frescoed churches in Galata and the surrounding area. It belongs to the barn roof churches in the Troodos Mountains and is dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus , as a holy saint . Almost 100 m to the east is the smaller church Panagia Theotokos or Archangelos Michail, which is included in the same part of the world heritage site.

According to the inscription, the building was built in 1502 at the request and expense of the French nobleman Demetrios de Coron and his wife Helena. The church belonged to a monastery that has now disappeared. It is surrounded by a wall; The gable roof rests on this, so that a covered walkway is created between the church and the wall.

The paintings are from the time it was built and show the influence of the Western Renaissance .

  • Rear view

  • crucifixion

  • Holy Communion , left part

  • Holy Communion, right part

literature

  • Andreas Stylianou and Judith A. Stylianou: The church of Panagia Podithou . In: The Painted Churches of Cyprus . 2nd revised ed. AG Leventis Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 1997, ISBN 9963-560-30-X , chap. BV9., P. 98-105 ( pdf, 152MB ).
  • Maria Constantoudaki-Kitromilides and Diomedes Myrianthefs: The Churches of the Virgin Podithou and of the Theotokos (or of the Archangel) in Galata . Ed .: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Nicosia 2007.

Web links

Commons : Church of Panayia (The Virgin) Podhithou  - Collection of pictures, 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. ↑ Andreas and Judith A. Stylianou 1997, p. 84.

Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ 13.1 ″  N , 32 ° 53 ′ 46 ″  E