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Peering over the western end of the harbour is the tower of Archangelos church, dedicated to the Archangel Michael; this is now an Icon Museum. The church was built at the end of the nineteenth century and opened as the Girne Icon Museum on 11th June 1990. The icons are a collection from the various Greek Orthodox churches in the surrounding area, it being safer to house them under one roof.
The conventions of iconography are rigidly stylised and therefore virtually unchanging.The methods still used today were established in the sixth century. An icon must not be a caricature, nor must there be any three-dimensional effect, the figure must appear flat. Prayers are said before the process begins so that the spirit of God is with the artist. The icon is venerated not for itself, but for what it represents. |
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