Panagia tis Asinou

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Panagia Phorviotissa

Panagia tis Asinou ( Greek Παναγία της Ασίνου ), also called Panagia Forviotissa ( Greek Παναγία Φορβιώτισσας ), 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 dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus , as a fully saint . It is located about five kilometers south of Nikitari and belonged to a monastery that was abandoned in the 18th century.

The name Φορβιώτισσα, Forviotissa, derives perhaps from the milkweed family , Euphorbiaceae, which grew abundantly here, the name Ασίνου, Asinou, from a village Ἀσίνη, Asine, in turn named after the ancient settlement Asine in the Argolis .

The barrel-vaulted nave of the church with the apse comes from the early, the domed narthex with apses in the south and north from the late 12th century. The church had a wooden roof from the start. The current wooden roof was built in 1959. The wall paintings date partly from the early 12th and partly from the 14th century. In a niche in the south wall, a donor's inscription reads: "The Church of St. Theotokos was painted at the urgent request and with the means of Magistros (official) Nikolaos Ischirios, when Alexios the Komnene was emperor, in the year <1105/1106>."

In the apostle communion in the east apse, Jesus hands John a golden vessel with wine, while Judas Iscariot turns away to betray him. In the westernmost niche of the north wall the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are depicted, who were killed in Σεβαστή, Sebaste, today's Sivas in Turkey. In the narthex, a Last Judgment describes the punishments of the damned, such as howling and ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων , the chattering of teeth. The holy Anastasia of Sirmium carries as derναστασία Φαρμακολύτρια , Anastasia pharmakolytria , poison-repellent Anastasia besides a cross a medicine container in her hand. The founder is dressed in the Byzantine costume of that time.

  • Apostle communion

  • Martyrs of Sebaste

  • "Chattering of teeth"

literature

  • Andreas Stylianou and Judith A. Stylianou: The church of Panagia Phorbiotissa, or Panagia tis Asinou . In: The Painted Churches of Cyprus . 2nd revised ed. AG Leventis Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus 1997, ISBN 9963-560-30-X , chap. B.VIII.13., P. 114-140 ( pdf, 152MB ).

Web links

Commons : Asinou - Panagia Phorbiotissa  - 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. ↑ Christodoulos Hadjichristodoulou and Diomedes Mirianthefs: The Church Panagia tis Asinou. 2nd Edition. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia 2011.

Coordinates: 35 ° 2 ′ 46.8 ″  N , 32 ° 58 ′ 24.4 ″  E