Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery in Halevga, Cyprus (Oct 6, 2018)
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Pilgrims enter Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery in Turkish-occupied north Cyprus
Pilgrims enter Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery in Turkish-occupied north Cyprus
Sourp Magar Armenian Monastery February 2014
Musique: Almineria's aria, lascia ch'io pianga
The monastery of Sourp Magar is situated at a height of 510m above sea level on the northern slopes of the Pentadaktylos / Besparmakmountains.
Sourp Magar means St Makarios the Blessed. Who this St Makarios was is unknown, but it is thought to be either a 4th century Coptic hermit who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, or another 4th century hermit who was a pupil of St Anthony of the desert. The feast days of both these saints are observed by the Armenian Church on the 1st May. It is also referred to as the Monastery of Mary.
The monastery was first established about 1000AD as a Coptic (Egyptian Christian) monastery, and came into the hands of the Armenians about the 15th century. The exact date and circumstances of the transfer are unknown. Close relations between the oriental Apostolic Churches such as the Armenian, Syrian and Ethiopian churches, began soon after the Council of Chalcedon in 451AD.
Traditionally, Christianity was brought to Armenia by the Apostle Bartholomew, and Thaddeus, one of the seventy. In 301AD, Armenia became the first country in the world to proclaim Christianity as the established religion.
Sourp Magar has been a religious centre for Armenians for centuries, the quiet surroundings providing a haven for clergymen and laymen alike. The Armenian community in Nicosia used it as a summer retreat, and it became a stopover for Armenian pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem.
The upheavals in the Ottoman empire at the beginning of the 20th century resulted in the arrival of thousands of Armenian refugees on the island, and the monastery opened its doors to orphans and to those in need. It also helped feed the hungry by developing farming on the monastery's lands which ran to around 3000 acres.
Although the last monks left in the early 20th century, right until 1974 the monastery remained a favourite place for Armenian families and schools to visit, as its grounds were particularly pleasant, especially in the hot summer months.
In 1998, there was a suggestion that the monastery be converted into a hotel, but protests from the remaining Armenian communities and prevailing economic conditions made the plan a non-starter.
Today, the monastery is in ruins and has suffered at the hands of vandals. Inside the monastery enclosure you can still see the remains of an orchard with a tiny church and pilgrims' cells lining the east and south perimeter walls. It is, however, well worth a visit to soak up the atmosphere, marvel at the views or picnic in the grounds.
Surviving Treasures from Sourp Magar and Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church part 1
Der Voghormia at Sourp Magar Monastery on 9 May 2010
Der Voghormia at Sourp Magar Monastery by Sona Gargaloyan and Der Momig Habeshian
Armenian Arakelots Monastery Mush Turkey , Առաքելոց Վանք Մուշ , Монастырь Аракелоц
Arakelots Monastery (Մշո Սուրբ Առաքելոց վանք, Mšo Surb Arakelots vank' , Holy Apostles Monastery of Mush) was an Armenian monastery in the historic province of Taron, Mush in Turkey.
Առաքելոց Վանքը գտնվում է Մուշ քաղաքից մոտ 10 կմ հարավ-արևելք, Տավրոսի շղթայի երկու կատարների միջև ընկած Տիրնկատար կոչվող լեռան լանջին, մի գեղատեսիլ վայրում: Մուշի մյուս վանքերի նման Առաքելոց վանքը ևս հայտնի է եղել մի քանի անունով: Ընդհանրապես կոչվել է Առաքելոց վանք, սակայն համանուն մյուս վանքերից տարբերելու համար անվանվել է Մուշի Առաքյալ կամ Երկոտասան Վանք, այսինքն տասներկու առաքելոց վանք:
Ըստ ավանդության, երբ 312 թվականին Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչը հիմնել է վանքը, այդտեղ է տեղավորել տասներկու առաքյալներից մի քանիսի մասունքները եւ ի հիշատակ առաքյալների, կոչվել է Տասներկու առաքելոց վանք: Կոչվել է նաև Ղազարու, երբեմն էլ Եղիազարու վանք, ըստ ավանդության վանքի առաջին վանահայրը եղել է Եղիազար անունով մի հոգևորական: Հետագայում Եղիազար անունը ժողովրդի կողմից ձևափոխվել է և դարձել Ղազար, իսկ վանքը` Ղազարու վանք: Քանի որ վանքը գտնվում է Տիրնկատար սարի ստորոտին, ստացել է նաև Արեգնածագ Տիրնկատար վանք անունը:
Վանքի աջ կողմում գտնվող անդնդախոր ձորի պատճառով կոչվել է նաև Դլաձորի վանք: Իսկ Առաքելոց վանքի մոտակայքում գտնվող Սբ. Թադեի մատուռի պատճառով ստացել է նաև Սբ. Թադեի վանք անունը:
Монастырь Аракелоц расположен в 10 километрах к юго-западу от города Муш, на склоне горы Тирнкатар, который находится в середине горной цепи Армянского Тавроса. Как и в случае других монастырей в Муше, монастырь Аракелоц также имел разные названия. Обычно его называли Аракелоц, но для того, чтобы отличать от других монастырей, у него были также названия как Монастырь Аракял Муша или монастырь Ерктостан, а также Монастырь 12 церквей.
Согласно легенде , когда Григорий Просветитель основал церковь, остатки 12 апостолов были привезены сюда. Он был также известен как монастырь Газару а иногда Егиазару, поскольку первым священником в монастыре был Егиазар. Так как монастырь расположен на склоне горы Тирнкатар, он также значится как монастырь Арегнацаг Тирнкатар.
Монастырь был также известен как Дладзор, из-за ущелья, которое находится на правой стороне монастыря. И из-за часовни Св. Таде монастырь был также известен как монастырь Святого Таде.
Sourp Magar Monastery, Halevka / Alev Kayasi
The thousand year old Sourp Magar Monastery. The residential buildings at Sourp Magar are extremely important for the history of architecture in Cyprus, being considered to be amongst the best-preserved and most extensive examples of late medieval domestic building on the island, even in their ruined state. Works on this monument can best happen if citizens choose to participate. Leave your comments below.
RIK1 report on pilgrimage to Sourp Magar Monastery
RIK1 report on pilgrimage to Sourp Magar Monastery organised on 9 May 2010 by the Office of the Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian and the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus
Antiphonitis (Church of Christ Antiphonitis) - Northern Cyprus
#Antiphonitis -- more correctly the Church of Christ Antiphonitis (Χριστός Ἀντιφωνητής) -- is a domed church in #Cyprus, in #Kyrenia District, located in the mountains near the village of Kalograia. It is reached from the network of tracks and small roads in the area of the Herbarium and Agios Amvrosios. It is under the de facto control of #Northern #Cyprus.
The name Christ Antiphonitis means Christ who responds and a number of Greek churches are so designated. The epithet appears to derive from a miraculous icon of some kind which responded to prayers, but no account of this icon in Cyprus is known. The name is testified in the late medieval period. Writing in the sixteenth century, Stefano Lusignan in his Description de toute l'isle de Cypre (Paris, 1580) recalls that Antifoniti was a fief belonging to his family, that his maternal grandmother Isabella Perez Fabricius founded the monastery of Antifonite and that his brother John (who had become a monk under the name Hilarion) died there.
Architecture:
The church—built on the site of a natural spring at the head of a valley—was constructed in the twelfth century and belonged originally to a Greek Orthodox monastery. It consists of a single building with a spacious dome carried on eight pillars and is the only surviving example of this type in Cyprus. A ruined and partly restored example is in #Saint #Hilarion #Castle and there was once a similar church at the centre of the Monastery of #St. #John Chrysostomos at Koutsovendis before the church there was rebuilt at the end of the nineteenth century. The narthex on the western side and the arcade on the south were added a later time, probably in the fifteenth century when the building was under the Latin church. The irregular shape of the dome is perhaps due to damaged sustained during the 1222 Cyprus earthquake. Paintings:
The Church of Christ Antiphonitis is notable for the array of frescoes on the walls and on the pillars. The oldest paintings belong to the end of the twelfth century and are thought to be a local interpretation of the style of the late Comnenian period as it appears at Panagia tou Arakou at Lagoudera.
When first studied, the Virgin Mary and prelates in the apse were damaged, but the saints in the sanctuary were well preserved. Early painting also include decons, martyrs and stylites. There was a Baptism on the south-west pillar of the nave.

Church of Christ Antiphonitis, St. Endoxus in one the arches under the dome, twelfth century, as photographed in 2010.
The remaining paintings are later in date and belong to the 1400s. They are executed in a post-Byzantine local revival style. On the south wall was a Tree of Jesse, and on the north an elaborate Last Judgement or Μέλλουσα Κρίση. In the dome is Christ Pantocrator surround by angels. A. and J. Stylianou report that the paintings of the dome were already badly damaged at the time of their studies in the 1960s and 1970s.
Coordinates: 35°20′0″N 33°37′0″E
Armenian Cemetery in Nicosia, Cyprus (Oct 16, 2016)
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BELGESEL SOURP MAGAR ERMENİ MANASTIRI
Occupied Area in Nicosia ( Cyprus )
Promenade in Turkish-occupied Magaravank Monastery - Kyrenia mountains - Cyprus
Pilgrimage to St. Magar Monastery organised by the Office of the Armenian Representative Vartkes Mahdessian and The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus.
Louroujina Village Festival in Cyprus (Sunday, Oct 7, 2018)
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Panagia Apsinthiotissa, Buffavento, Halevka, Sourp Magar, Antiphonitis and Panagia Eleousa.
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Pilgrimage 2013 / ceremony / Turkish-occupied Magaravank in north Cyprus
Pilgrimage 2013 / ceremony / Turkish-occupied Magaravank in north Cyprus, organised by the Office of the Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian on Sunday 19 May 2013
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Hayr Mer & Sourp Sourp by Magaravank pilgrims - Sunday 9 May 2010
Pilgrimage to Saint Magar Monastery organised by the Office of the Armenian Representative Vartkes Mahdessian and The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus
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