Exhibits | Cyprus Cross Path

Chosen objects, each unveiling their path, were exhibited between 27 March and 21 May 2022 in the church of Agia Anna in Paralimni, complementing the digital exhibition.

Detailed descriptions of items from the Diocese of Constantia and Ammochostos are provided in a publication, titled Paths to the Cross. Catalogue of Exhibits, Agia Napa 2022. Information about other exhibits can be found in the Bibliography section.

the cross and its presence in Cyprus

(© Ιερά Μητρόπολη Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου) — (© Holy Bishopric of Constantia and Ammochostos)

Crucifixion
16th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 33.5 x 23 cm

(© Holy Bishopric of Constantia and Ammochostos)

Crucifixion
17th - 18th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 34.1 x 29 cm

Saint Constantine and Helena
19th century Monastery of Panagia Agia Napa 24 x 20.5 cm

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
19th century Church of the Archangel Michael, Frenaros 31 x 25.5 cm

Saints Constantine and Helena
18th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 97 x 70 cm

Saint Helena and Saint Charalampos
18th - 19th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 18.5 x 15 cm

Wooden antimensium
1572 Church of Saint Paraskevi, Sotira Church museum, chapel of Saint George, Sotira 60 x 23 x 2.3 cm

Carved wooden blessing cross
1723 Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 26 x 13 cm

Carved wooden cross
17th - 18th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Deryneia 23 x 13 cm

Holy-water cross
19th - early 20th century Church of Agia Anna, Paralimni 18.5 x 5.5 cm

Wooden cross
1934 Monastery of Panagia Agia Napa 30.5 x 25 cm

Bronze pectoral cross
Late 18th - early 19th century Monastery of Panagia Agia NApa Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (ΜΛΑ2158 / ΑΠ2) 2.5 x 2.5 cm

Fragment with inscribed cross
17th - 18th century Monastery of Panagia Agia Napa Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (ΜΛΑ2158 / Π26) 3 x 3 cm

Fragment with Christogram
18th century Monastery of Panagia Agia Napa Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (ΜΛΑ2158 / ΑΠ76) 7 x 6.5 cm

Disk of oily-coloured glass with, in relief, a crux monogrammatica within an annular border of beading. Mould-pressed.
4th century Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos(Δ 1227) Diameter 44 ml, thickness 5 ml

Brass palm holding a cross
6th - 7th century Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos (Δ 129) Height 23 εκ.

Brass blessing cross showing the Virgin Mary standing
9th - 10th century Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos (Σ 1343) 21.1 x 15 x 1.3 cm Cf. St. Perdikis,Ιδιόμορφος μεσοβυζαντινός σταυρός από το Μουσείο Κύκκου

Carved wooden cross1738, 1799 Church of Saint Antonios, Nicosia Byzantine Museum, Archbishop Makarios III Foundation (ΒΜ271) 25.2 x 10.4 x 2.6 cm

Pictorial cycle of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
1664 Monastery of the Holy Cross, Omodos 84.5 x 63.5 cm

Silver-gilt and wooden cross, donation of Saint Panaretos
1773 Monastery of Holy Cross, Omodos 114 x 72 cm

the cross in Famagusta

Iconostasis cross
16th century Church of Saint John, Famagusta city Byzantine Museum, Archbishop Makarios III Foundation (ΒΜ086) 168.5 x 137 cm

The Crucified19th century Church of Saint Marina, Achna Church of Panagia Trachia, Achna 179 x 85 cm

Processional crossEarly 20th century Church of the Ascension of Jesus, Acheritou Church of Saint Demetrios, Agios Georgios Vrysoulles - Acheritou 50.6 x 25.8 cm

Printed gospel book1761 Church of Saints Andronikos and Athanasia, Arnadi Famagusta Hall of the Bishopric of Constantia and Ammochostos 32.5 x 24.5 x 5.5 cm

Pectoral crossLate 19th - early 20th century Metropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Ammochostos private collection 10 x 7.5 cm

The path of the cross in Cyprus and the world

Proskynetarion of the Holy Lands19th - early 20th century Church of Agia Anna, Paralimni 93 x 74 cm

Crucifixion, Mother of God, and Saints19th century Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Avgorou 25 x 29 cm

Crosses from around the worldMetropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Ammochostos private collection