![]() ![]() Rebuilt from the destruction of the last world war, the church today has a Gothic character from the outside. The nave and the chancel were separated by a pointed arcade, devoid of moulding. The ribs fell on sandstone corbels, mostly geometric, but also in the shape of human heads (a bearded man with an open mouth and eyes). Inside, the nave was probably covered with a vault supported by a central pillar. The elevations were pierced with tall and narrow windows, splayed both outside and inside. ![]() Both of these parts were reinforced from the outside with buttresses, including an atypical buttress in the center of the west façade, and to the chancel from the north a small 15th-century sacristy was added. ![]() Initially, the church consisted of a two-aisle nave with an interior length of 12.7 meters and a width of 7.85 meters, and a short chancel, ended with a straight wall from the east. The church and monastery complex was most likely surrounded by a wall or at least a fence. The Gothic church was built as a small building, situated on the route leading from the east to Wrocław, surrounded by a cemetery and adjacent to hospital buildings, probably originally wooden or half-timbered. At the end of the 1990s, it was drained and restored. During the “flood of the millennium” in 1997, the church was under water. In the years 1946-1949, the damages were repaired by the foundation of the Polish state. The monument survived the fights of 1945 with little damage. Fortunately, this intention was abandoned, in 1907 the vicinity of the church was tidied up, and later the church itself was renovated. During this battle, the western gable of the church was to be damaged.Īt the beginning of the 19th century, the hospital was transformed into an old people’s home, and after another hundred years, the project of demolishing the hospital and the church was considered. Nearly three centuries later, the artillery of the Prussian army, which besieged the city and in 1757 shelled its defenders, deployed near the church. Lazarus became a fortified command post, attacked by the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus from the nearby village of Święta Katarzyna. During the fights of the allied Polish-Czech troops of the Czech king Vladislaus II Jagiellon and his father, the Polish king Kazimierz, with the Hungarian army in 1474, the church of St. The location of the church meant that it was in the center of hostilities at least twice. In the 15th century, the church was enlarged with a sacristy. ![]() At the beginning of the 15th century, in addition to lepers, other patients were admitted to the church hospital, although lepers were still patients at St. At that time, there was a leprosarium near the church, mentioned together with the older temple as early as 1260 (then bishop Thomas I was to give 9 fiefs to Bartosz “juxta aquam nomine Olariam”) and in 1264. To hear the Deputy Tourism Ministry's audio guide on Saint Lazarus and the Byzantine Museum click here.The church was built by the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in the second half of the 14th century, on the road leading from medieval Wrocław to Oława, in the settlement of Walloon weavers who settled near the town already in the 12th century. The church is included in the Larnaka Storytelling Statues project with Leo the Wise recounting his tale of how he was a devout admirer of Saint Lazarus and had the church constructed in his honour. Next to the church is the Byzantine Museum, which exhibits important religious icons, artefacts and relics. During the procession, the icon of Saint Lazarus is carried through the streets of Larnaka. The saint is so revered that a procession is held in his honour eight days before Easter. His tomb can be seen under the sanctuary. He was ordained as Bishop of Kition by the Apostles Barnabas and Paul and lived in the town for 30 years. Saint Lazarus came to Cyprus after being resurrected by Jesus. Although the three domes and original bell tower of the church were destroyed in the first years during Ottoman rule, the gold-covered iconostasis has survived today and is a superb example of baroque woodcarving. Built by Byzantine Emperor Leo VI in the 9th century, the church was restored in the 17th century. Located in its own square in the town centre, the magnificent stone church of Agios Lazaros is one of the most remarkable examples of Byzantine architecture in Cyprus and lies over the tomb of the saint. ![]()
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