2017
INTERNATIONAL DAY AND NIGHT OF THE
MUSEUM
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 09:00-20:30
- Free
Guided Tours– by
Cyprus Tourist Guide Association and the
Museum’s staff, English: 18:45,
- Educational
Program “Our
Cyprus 100 years ago” (in Greek)
-
Cypriot Fairytales (in Greek) 11:30-12:30,
16:00-17:00
Saturday, 20 Μay 2017,
10:00-20:30
- Guided Tours- by
Cyprus Tourist Guide Association and the
Museum’s staff, English:
11:30 & Greek: 10:30, 12:30, 17:15
- Revival of Traditional Crafts, in
co-operation with the
Cyprus Handicraft Service of the
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry
and Tourism
10:30-13:30 Pottery,
Weaving, Lefkara embroidery,
Wood-carving, Silkworm cocoon
embroidery
15:30-18:30 Weaving, Lefkara
embroidery, Wood-carving, Silversmithing,
Gourd decoration
-
Sculpture
Workshop – by
Panagiotis Pasantas, 15:30
- Cypriot
Fairytales (in
Greek)
-Traditional
Cypriot Delicacies
-Traditional
Music Performance by Soprano
Penelope Karaolia Prokopiou and students
of Astrinideio Music School, in
co-operation with Kythrea Municipality, 18:00
Booking in advance, cypriotstudies@gmail.com, 00357
22432578, www.cypriotstudies.org
40% discount on Society of Cypriot Studies publication and
special offers on handicraft shop,
celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the
Museum
2016
Lecture of
the Professor Glenn Peers,
Hagios Euphemianos
Chapel in Lysi, Houston and Lefkosia:
New Experiences of Byzantine Art
(The lecture will be given in English
language)
https://m.facebook.com/events/1021875107891253
The Society of Cypriot Studies and the Cyprus Committee of Byzantine Studies
cordially invite you
Monday 13th of June at 19.30
at the Conference Hall of the Society of
Cypriot Studies
(Old Archbishopric -MAP:
https://goo.gl/maps/ck2BYH3AhFC2)
to the lecture of Professor Glenn Peers
Hagios Euphemianos Chapel in Lysi,
Houston and Lefkosia: New Experiences of
Byzantine Art
which is organized as part of the
celebrations for the 80 years of the
Society of Cypriot Studies
with the participation of the Embassy of
the United States of America and the
Municipality of Lysi
Welcome note:
Dr Charalampos Chotzakoglou, Chairman
of the Society of Cypriot Studies
Remarks from:
Dr Andrew Cohen, Senior Cultural
Property Analyst, U.S. Department of
State
Mr Symeon Pastos, Mayor of Lysi
Discussion and Reception will follow
Saturday, 14 Μay
2016, 10:00-18:00
v
Guided Tours -
by
Cyprus Tourist Guide Association,
English: 11:30,
Greek:
10:30,
12:30, 17:15
v
Presentation of Old Traditional Craft works
in co-operation with the
Cyprus Handicraft Service of the
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry
and Tourism
10:30-13:30 Pottery, Weaving,
Lefkara embroidery, Wood-carving,
Εmbroidery
with
silkworm cocoons
15:00-18:00 Weaving,
Lefkara embroidery, Wood-carving, Gourd
decoration
v
Presentation of a traditional wickerwork loom
(weaving of
psathia-wicker
rug),
from the Turkish occupied
village of Kapouti,
10:30-17:00.
v
Presentation of making
vroukalli
(traditional
broom),
Kostas Antoniou, 11:00-14:00
v
Workshop “Needle-point embroidery and Crochet”,
Kyriaki Antoniou, 11:00-14:00
v
Traditional Cypriot Delicacies
Wednesday,
18
May 2016,
09:00-20:00
v
Free Guided Tours - by
Cyprus Tourist Guide Association,
English: 15:30, Greek:
18:00, 19:00
v
Workshop “The Tree of Recycling".
A sculpture workshop
-
Panagiotis Pasantas, 17:00-19:00
Saturday, 21 May 2016
v
Free Guided Tour – by Cyprus Tourist Guide Association, Greek/English:
11:30
v
Educational Programme “Our Cyprus 100 years ago” (in Greek)
Booking in advance,
cypriotstudies@gmail.com,
00357 22432578,
www.cypriotstudies.org
40%
discount on Society of Cypriot Studies
publications and
special offers on handicraft shop,
celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the
Society of Cypriot Studies
Coordinators: Society of Cypriot
Studies, Friends of Cyprus Folk Art
Museum,
Cyprus Handicraft Service of the
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry
and Tourism
Photographic Exhibition
OLKAS II
SAILING FROM
AND TO BYZANTIUM. MEDIEVAL PORTS FROM
EUXEINOS PONTOS TO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Opening of the photographic exhibition: OLKAS ΙΙ SAILING FROM AND TO BYZANTIUM
Art Gallery of Larnaka
Monday-Friday 10:00-13:00, Saturday
10:00-13:00
29 March - 20th April 2016
2015
Photographic Exhibition
OLKAS II
SAILING FROM
AND TO BYZANTIUM. MEDIEVAL PORTS FROM
EUXEINOS PONTOS TO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Opening of the
photographic exhibition: OLKAS ΙΙ
SAILING FROM AND TO BYZANTIUM
Friday,
October 9th, 2015
19.00, Thalassa
Museum
14 Kriou Nerou str.
Ayia
Napa
Duration: 9-17 October 2015
Medieval Monastery of Ayia Napa (open
all day)
Thalassa Museum (Monday
09.00-13.00, Tuesday-Saturday
09.00-17.00, Sunday Closed)
9
October 2014, 20.00
-Screening
of the documentary film: «OLKAS.
Discovering medieval ports in North
Aegean and the Black Sea»
-Performance with Georgian dances by the
Georgian Dance School: “IMEDI”
The Society of Cypriot Studies
(SCS), the European Centre for Byzantine
and
Post-Byzantine Monuments (EKBMM),
the Municipality of Ayia Napa and the
Municipality of Famagusta invite you to
the opening of photographic exhibition:
OLKAS ΙΙ
SAILING FROM AND TO
BYZANTIUM
Medieval Ports from
Euxeinos Pontos to Eastern Mediterranean
On Friday the 9th of October, 2015, at
19.00
in Thalassa Museum, in Ayia
Napa
PROGRAMME
Welcome Address: Yiannis KAROUSOS, Mayor
of Ayia Napa
Greetings: Dr
Charalampos G. CHOTZAKOGLOU,
Byzantinologist,
President of the SCS
Dr Flora KARAGIANNI, Byzantinologist,
EKBMM,
Coordinator of the “Olkas”
project
H.E Revaz LOMINADZE, Chargé
d’Affaires of Georgia in Cyprus
Alexis GALANOS, Mayor of Famagusta
Screening of the documentary film:
«OLKAS. Discovering medieval ports in
North Aegean and the Black Sea»
The opening of the photographic
exhibition will be held
by the Mayor
of Ayia Napa Mr Yiannis KAROUSOS
and
the Mayor of Famagusta, Mr Alexis
GALANOS
A reception
will follow, given by the Embassy of
Georgia to Cyprus, and
performance
with Georgian dances by the Georgian
Dance School: “IMEDI”
(Duration of
the event 120 min.)
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Presentation
The current
exhibition is a visual journey to the
enthralling world of the East. Through
maps, portolans, engravings, miniatures
of manuscripts, postcards and photos
from the 11th c. up today, various
aspects of 60 ports of Euxeinos Pontos,
Aegean and Cyprus are presented
highlighting the rich medieval past of
the respective countries.
The exhibition
is entitled: “OLKAS II”, inspired by the
commercial ship of the Byzantines which
for centuries carried to the seas of the
East men and products, and through them,
artistic values and cultural products,
which influenced the character of the
medieval civilization both within and
outside the byzantine empire.
“OLKAS II”
consists the extension of the project
“OLKAS” implemented by the European
Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine
Monuments in
collaboration
with seven institutions from Greece,
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and
Georgia in the frame of the project:
“OLKAS. From Aegean to the Black Sea.
Medieval city-ports in the maritime
routes of the East” funded by the EU
“Joint Operational Program “Black Sea
2007-2013”. With the collaboration of
the Society of Cypriot Studies OLKAS II
is extended to the Aegean and to the
Eastern Mediterranean, including more 21
ports in Aegean and six of Cyprus. A
bilingual Catalogue (Greek-English)
accompanies the exhibition. The
fascinating trip to Mediterranean waters
just begun….
Co-organizers:
European
Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine
Monuments
Society of
Cypriot Studies
With the
support of:
EMBASSY OF
GREECE IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
BULGARIA IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
GEORGIA IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
UKRAINE IN CYPRUS
MUNICIPALITIES
OF AMMOCHOSTOS. AGIA NAPA. KYRENIA,
LARNAKA, LEMESOS, LEFKOSIA, MORPHOU,
PAPHOS.
HELLENIC
MINISTRY OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND
RELIGION
DISTRICT OF
NORTH AEGEAN
CYPRUS
DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES
CYPRIOT
COMMISSION OF BYZANTINE STUDIES
CYPRUS TOURISM
ORGANISATION
Mr CHRISTOS
GIANNAKOS
Bilingual
catalogue of the exhibition OLKAS II
SAILING FROM AND TO BYZANTIUM. MEDIEVAL
PORTS FROM EUXEINOS PONTOS TO EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
The catalogue is a visual journey to the
enthralling world of the East. Through
maps, portolans, engravings, miniatures
of manuscripts, postcards and photos
from the 11th c. up today, various
aspects of 60 ports of Euxeinos Pontos,
Aegean and Cyprus are presented
highlighting the rich medieval past of
the respective countries.
The exhibition is entitled: “OLKAS II”,
inspired by the commercial ship of the
Byzantines which for centuries carried
to the seas of the East men and
products, and through them, artistic
values and cultural products, which
influenced the character of the medieval
civilization both within and outside the
byzantine empire.
Price: 21 euro
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National Day
and Night of the Museum@Cyprus Folk Art
Museum, Society of Cypriot Studies
Saturday, 16 Μay 2015
Co-operation:
Cyprus Handicraft Service, Ministry of
Energy, Commerce, Industry and
Tourism and
Cyprus Folk Art Museum
Society of Cypriot Studies
Guided
Tours (Greek:10:30, 12:30,17:00,
English: 11:30, 16:00).
Special guided tour through application
Peakkin (greek lang)
Presentation of
Old Traditional Craft works, in
co-operation with Cyprus Handicraft
Service, Ministry of Energy, Commerce,
Industry and Tourism (10.30-13.30,
15.00-18.00) Cypriot Traditional Games
and fairytales (greek)
Workshop “
Needle embroidery and Crochet”
(10:30-12:30)
Workshop "Recycling
through tradition“, with Christina Tsene
(11:00, 13:00, 17:00)
Workshop
“Second life to your toys. Bring your
old toys and make them new for other
children” (10:00-12:00)
Workshop
"Recycling and Sculpture”, with
Panayiotis Pasantas (15:30)
Workshop
“Pottery of Ancient Cyprus.Τradition
goes on" (16:00, 17:00)
Traditional Cypriot Delicacies
Free Entrance. Booking
in Advance for Guided tours and
Workshops. Cyprus Folk Art Museum,
Society of Cypriot Studies, Square of
Archbishop Kyprianos, 1016 Nicosia (Old
Archbishop’s Palace).
Contact: 0035722432578, cypriotstudies@gmail.com,
Photographic Exhibition
OLKAS II
SAILING FROM
AND TO BYZANTIUM. MEDIEVAL PORTS FROM
EUXEINOS PONTOS TO EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
FAMAGUSTA GATE 11/2/15-21/2/15
Monday - Friday
10:00-13:00, 16:00-20:00
Saturday 14/2 10:00-13:00 18:00-20:00
Sunday 16/2 10:30-13:30 18:00-20:00
Saturday 21/2 10:00-13:00
Guided tours for groups. Make your reservation on cypriotstudies@gmail.com, 0035722432578
The current
exhibition is a visual journey to the
enthralling world of the East. Through
maps, portolans, engravings, miniatures
of manuscripts, postcards and photos
from the 11th c. up today, various
aspects of 60 ports of Euxeinos Pontos,
Aegean and Cyprus are presented
highlighting the rich medieval past of
the respective countries.
The exhibition
is entitled: “OLKAS II”, inspired by the
commercial ship of the Byzantines which
for centuries carried to the seas of the
East men and products, and through them,
artistic values and cultural products,
which influenced the character of the
medieval civilization both within and
outside the byzantine empire.
“OLKAS II”
consists the extension of the project
“OLKAS” implemented by the European
Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine
Monuments in
collaboration
with seven institutions from Greece,
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and
Georgia in the frame of the project:
“OLKAS. From Aegean to the Black Sea.
Medieval city-ports in the maritime
routes of the East” funded by the EU
“Joint Operational Program “Black Sea
2007-2013”. With the collaboration of
the Society of Cypriot Studies OLKAS II
is extended to the Aegean and to the
Eastern Mediterranean, including more 21
ports in Aegean and six of Cyprus. A
bilingual Catalogue (Greek-English)
accompanies the exhibition. The
fascinating trip to Mediterranean waters
just begun….
Co-organizers:
European
Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine
Monuments
Society of
Cypriot Studies
With the
support of:
EMBASSY OF
GREECE IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
BULGARIA IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
GEORGIA IN CYPRUS
EMBASSY OF
UKRAINE IN CYPRUS
MUNICIPALITIES
OF AMMOCHOSTOS. AGIA NAPA. KYRENIA,
LARNAKA, LEMESOS, LEFKOSIA, MORPHOU,
PAPHOS.
HELLENIC
MINISTRY OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND
RELIGION
DISTRICT OF
NORTH AEGEAN
CYPRUS
DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES
CYPRIOT
COMMISSION OF BYZANTINE STUDIES
CYPRUS TOURISM
ORGANISATION
Mr CHRISTOS
GIANNAKOS
Bilingual
catalogue of the exhibition OLKAS II
SAILING FROM AND TO BYZANTIUM. MEDIEVAL
PORTS FROM EUXEINOS PONTOS TO EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
The catalogue is a visual journey to the
enthralling world of the East. Through
maps, portolans, engravings, miniatures
of manuscripts, postcards and photos
from the 11th c. up today, various
aspects of 60 ports of Euxeinos Pontos,
Aegean and Cyprus are presented
highlighting the rich medieval past of
the respective countries.
The exhibition is entitled: “OLKAS II”,
inspired by the commercial ship of the
Byzantines which for centuries carried
to the seas of the East men and
products, and through them, artistic
values and cultural products, which
influenced the character of the medieval
civilization both within and outside the
byzantine empire.
Price: 21 euro
The
Society of Cypriot Studies (SCS), the
European Center for Byzantine
and
Post-Byzantine Monuments (EKBMM) and the
Cyprus Commission of
Byzantine
Studies invite you to the opening of
photographic exhibition:
OLKAS ΙΙ
SAILING FROM AND TO BYZANTIUM
Medieval Ports
from Euxeinos Pontos to Eastern
Mediterranean
On Wednesday,
February 11th, at 18:30,
in the
Famagusta Gate in the old town of
Lefkosia.
DURATION 11/2/2015-22/2/2015 MONDAY-FRIDAY 10.00-13.00, 16.00-20.00
PROGRAMME
Welcome
Address: Konstantinos YIORKADJIS, Mayor
of Lefkosia
Greetings: Dr
Anastasia TOURTA, Director of EKBMM
Dr Charalampos
G. CHOTZAKOGLOU, Byzantinologist,
President of
the SCS
Dr Flora
KARAGIANNI, Byzantinologist, Coordinator
of the
“OLKAS”
project
Glafkos
Kariolou, Mayor of Kyrenia
H.E. Basileios
PAPAIOANNOU, Ambassador of Greece in
Cyprus
The opening of
the photographic exhibition will be held
by
the Ambassador
of Greece in Cyprus,
Mr Basileios
PAPAIOANNOU
A guide to the
exhibition and a reception will follow
The exhibition
is taking place under the auspices
of the
Hellenic Embassy in Cyprus
(Duration of
the event: 90 min.)
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Screening of the documentary film “Olkas. Discovering Medieval Ports from the North Aegean to the Black Sea”
Lefkosia, “Pallas” Theatre (Rigainis and Arsinoes str.,
Pafos Gate)
Monday, November 24th, 19.00
The documentary film: “Olkas. Discovering Medieval Ports
from the North Aegean to the Black Sea” has been
produced by the European Centre for Byzantine and
Post-byzantine Monuments and the Tect & Tact Production
Company in the context of the project: “Olkas. From the
North Aegean to the Black Sea. Medieval ports in the
maritime routes of the East”. The project has been
implemented in collaboration with 7 institutions
(universities, museums, research centres) from Greece,
Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey and aims
at the documentation and promotion of the rich medieval
heritage preserved in 45 city-ports of the North Aegean
and the Black Sea (www.olkas.net).
The film is a journey that starts from Thessalonike,
following the coasts of Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine,
Crimea and Georgia and ends in Constantinople embedding
views of the most significant archaeological sites,
monuments and landmarks in 45 ports of the area.
The screening is co-organized by the Society of Cypriot
Studies, the European Centre for Byzantine and
Post-Byzantine Monuments and the Cyprus Commission of
Byzantine Studies, under the auspices of the Embassy of
Greece in Cyprus and the Municipality of Lefkosia.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE MUSEUM 2014
Guided Tour
(English) 12.30 17.00
>Presentation of Old Traditional Craft
works, in co-operation with Cyprus
Handicraft Service, Ministry of Energy,
Commerce, Industry and Tourism
10.00-14.00 15.00-19.00
>Presentation: How to make “vroukali”
(small broom duster)- Costas Antoniou
10.00-12.00
>Presentation: How to conserve museum
objects, Constantina Chadjivasili
10.00-12.00
>Presentation: How to make a “pithkiavli”
traditional flute, Charalambos
Charalambous 15.00-18.00
>Musical traditional Cypriot Fairytale (greek
lang.), Team of Narration “Paramythies”
10.00-10.30
11.00-11.30
>Workshop “Crochet”, Kyriaki Costa
10.00-12.00
>Workshop “Needle Embroidery”, Maria
Rokopou 15.00-19.00
>Workshop of Plastic Art, Panayiotis
Pasantas 10.30-12.00 14.30-16.00
16.30-18.00
>Handicraft Workshop for children,
Katerina Athiainitou and Museum’s
volunteers 09.00-13.00 14.00-18.00
>Ancient Art Pottery, Andreas Fasoulides
14.00-15.00
15.30-16.30
>Cypriot Traditional Games
>Cypriot Shadow Theatre (greek lang)
Pambos Charalambous
Thodoris Kostidakis
11.45-12.45
20.00-21.00
>Taste Traditional Cypriot Delicacies,
Paraskevi Solomou 09.00-19.00
>Presentation: How to make “Trahanas”,
Cypriot Traditional Food, Tasoula
Olympiou (Sponsor: Avraam Olympios)
16.00-17.00
>Art Exhibition Re-Cyprus! in
co-operation with Secondary Education,
Ministry of Education and Culture and
Frederick University 19.00 OPENING
>Selection of Musical Tradition of
Cyprus-Minor Asia-Constantinople
Music Schoοl of Nicosia-Larnaka, Instr.
Christodoros Mnasonos 19.00
Free Entrance. Booking in
Advance for Workshops.
Cyprus Folk Art Museum, Society of
Cypriot Studies, Square of Archbishop
Kyprianos, 1016 Nicosia (Old
Archbishop’s Palace).
Contact: 0035722432578,
cypriotstudies@gmail.com,www.cypriotstudies.org
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