The History and Architecture of the Monastery of St. John
Chrysostom at Koutsovendis, Cyprus Part of Dumbarton Oaks'
fieldwork in Cyprus during the 1960s was focused on the late
11th-c. Greek Orthodox monastery of St. John Chrysostom at
Koutsovendis. At that time its surviving church of the Holy
Trinity was being restored and its frescoes were cleaned and
conserved. A preliminary report and a description of the wall-
paintings were published (DOP 18 and 44). According to the plan
envisaged by Cyril Mango, who initiated the study of this
monument, these articles should be complemented by a publication
comprising the following chapters: - History: the founder George
and the liturgical typikon; the patron Eumathios Philokales;
Neophytos the Recluse and the Maronite community; later history
of the monastery [later medieval & modern periods] -
Architecture & Sculpture [of the monastic churches] -
Iconography [of the surviving frescoes] - Style & Ornament [of
the surviving frescoes] It was agreed that Maria Parani w