https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/category/location/cyprus/Recent content in Cyprus on Roersma IconpaintingsHugoenMon, 15 Dec 2025 20:53:55 +0100https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/moeder-gods-van-kykkos-3/Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:12:05 +0200https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/moeder-gods-van-kykkos-3/<p><a href="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/moedergodsvankykkos.png"><img src="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/moedergodsvankykkos.png" alt="moedergodsvankykkos" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a></p> <p>This icon is supposed to have been painted by Saint Luke. It was probably created in the early 11th century. The Emperor Alexius I Commenus presented it as a gift in 1082 to the Kykkos monastery on Cyprus. The Christ Child sits on his mother&rsquo;s right arm, his legs dangling. She holds her Son&rsquo;s left arm with her left hand. The Christ Child holds an opened scroll in his left hand.</p>https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/moeder-gods-van-kykkos/Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:14:51 +0100https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/moeder-gods-van-kykkos/<p><a href="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/icoon052_v.jpg"><img src="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/icoon052_v.jpg" alt="Our Lady of Kykkos" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a></p> <p>This icon is supposed to have been painted by Saint Luke. It was probably created in the early 11th century. The Emperor Alexius I Commenus presented it as a gift in 1082 to the Kykkos monastery on Cyprus. The Christ Child sits on his mother&rsquo;s right arm, his legs dangling. She holds her Son&rsquo;s left arm with her left hand. The Christ Child holds an opened scroll in his left hand.</p>