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This church, also known as Ayios Lucas, is dedicated to St Luke, and is situated in the Apostolos Lucas area of Nicosia. The church was built in 1758 in dressed limestone, during the Turkish administration. It is one of many Orthodox churches throughout the island built during the Ottoman period. The church consists of two cross-vaulted naves separated into 4 bays. These are articulated on the south and north facade by the flat ends to the pointed barrel vaults and by buttresses. On the east and west facades the arches of the vaults terminate in ornate cornices. The southernmost nave bears a hexagonal segmented apse on the exterior, which is vaulted by half a dome. Round clerestory windows can be seen in the peaks of the naves on the east façade, while arched windows placed high up adorn the west façade. A newer bell tower has been added on the SE corner. The openings on the north facade have been either blocked in by masonry or else altered from the original. Medieval water spouts punctuate the building on the west and south facades. The north and west doorways are in the medieval style and possibly from an earlier building. Only the south remains. Up until the 1950s, a four day and four night fair was organised annually in honour of St Lucas. By 1955, however, the church was evacuated by the Greeks, and it fell into ruin. The church was restored in 1985 and 86, and houses the headquarters of the Cyprus Folklore Association (HASDER).
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The Church of St. Luke was built in the time of Archbishop Philotheos in 1758. The North and west doorways are in mediaeval style and doubtless come from some earlier building. The southern portion of the iconostasis is contemporary with the building. Though it contains icons of an earlier date the most interesting being an early sixteenth- century icon of the annunciation in the Italian manner with a donor, his wife and so yet latter wearing a black tunic and red hose, while round his waist is a belt with a short sword attached to it. Ob the north Walla of the church hangs a large rood cross, dated 1692. In the gallery are a collection of icons which must all have come from a former church. Two of them are of great interest and probably date from fifteenth century. These icons are painted on both sides, and obviously were mounted have long since disappeared. Both show the same scenes, on one side the Crucifixion and on the reverse the virgin. The larger of the icons is the better preserved, and the drawing of the figures grouped at the foot of the cross is by a skilled hand. In each case the semi-halo surrounding the Virgin’s head is gilded gesso. Two other icons which lie here are of interest: a large panel of St. Barnabas with a donor priest who wears a cope ‘’Chequer- board’’ pattern and black skullcap. This İcon probably dates from the first half of the sixteenth century. The Second is later, and Shows the Virgin with upraised hands, and at the foot four donors, a man, his wife, and a son and daughter. The father wears a curious teen dead-dress reminiscent of Turkish turban, while the ladies wear white hooded cloaks with green dresses underneath. Source Gunnis Historic Cyprus
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Bu binayı yıkılmaktan kurtarıp, restore eden ve çocuk merkezi olarak kullanan HASDER'e teşekkürler...
Mahallenin dar sokaklarında yürürken birden karşınıza çıkan ve görmeyi beklemeyeceginiz bir kilise. Ben haritada görünce görmek isterim. Çok güzel bir bina. Mahallenin ortasında nefes aldırıyor nsana. Keşke bir iki açıklama olsaydı yanında. Bir de yakınındaki lefkosa haritasi kırılmış.
1758 yılında Başpiskopos Philatheos döneminde yapılan kilise, adını Aziz Luka’dan almıştır. Günümüzde Halk Sanatları Derneği (HAS-DER) idari merkez binası olarak kullanılmaktadır.
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