Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

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Dr Chrysovalantis Kyriacou is Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus. A Byzantinist by training, Dr Kyriacou has taught at the University of Cyprus, European University Cyprus and Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests cover ecclesiastical history and historiography, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Dr Kyriacou is the author of four monographs, including Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191–1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities (Lexington Books: New York–London, 2018).

Monographs (reviewed)

1. (Edited volume), Χριστιανική ετερότητα και συνύπαρξη πριν και μετά την οθωμανική κατάκτηση: Η Κύπρος στο μεταίχμιο δύο κόσμων (16^ος-17^ος αι.) (Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation: Lefkosia/Nicosia, 2021)
2. Κυπροβενετικά. Στοιχεία θρησκευτικής ανθρωπογεωγραφίας της βενετοκρατούμενης Κύπρου από τον κώδικα Β-030 του Πολιτιστικού Ιδρύματος Τράπεζας Κύπρου. Εισαγωγή, διπλωματική έκδοση, μετάφραση και σχόλια (Holy Monastery of Kykkos Museum: Lefkosia/Nicosia, 2019) [preface by S. Perdikis].
3. Orthodox Cyprus under the Latins, 1191–1571: Society, Spirituality, and Identities (Lexington Books: New York–London, 2018). Reviewed in Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes, 48 (2018), 238-241 (Ph. Trélat); The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71:1 (2020), 166-168 (N. Coureas); and Diogenes, 9 (2020), 29-31 (F. Fujita)

Published Articles and Book Chapters (Reviewed)

1. «Εurasian Land Routes and the Development of Hesychast Psycho-Physiological Techniques in the Thirteenth Century: New Perspectives on Byzantine Orthodoxy and the Global Middle Ages», Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 35 (2025), 43-67, https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/bz/article/view/36325
2. «Sacred Mobilities and Multiple Identities: Early Modern Christians from Cyprus and the Shadow of Byzantium», Veronica Della Dora, Charalambos Dendrinos, David Williams, Mark Guscin (eds), Sacred Mobilities in Byzantium and Beyond: People, Objects and Relics, Brill: Leiden-Boston, 2024, 201-235.
3. «Melito of Sardis on Tyranny and the Reign of Marcus Aurelius», Religions 15 (2024), 1-11, https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/6/689
4. «A Broader ‘Byzantine Commonwealth’? The Hesychast Controversy and the Eastern Mediterranean: State of the Art, Desiderata, and Some Preliminary Thoughts for Future Study», Bulgaria Mediaevalis,14 (2023), 229-240
5. «The Barnabas network: Cyrene, Jerusalem, Salamis and Alexandria», Panos Christodoulou, Panagiotis Christias, Sebastian Morlet (eds), Greek and Jewish Thought: Interactions, Accommodations, Appropriations during Antiquity, Peeters, 2024, 153-168.
6. «“Floating Monasteries”: Meteora, Stylitism and the Language of the Sublime: Some PreliminaryRemarks», Ανάλεκτα Σταγών και Μετεώρων 2 (2024), 17-41.
7. «On the Origins of the Alexandrian School: Rhizomes, Episcopal Legitimation, and a Tale of Two Cities», Religions, 14:482 (2023), 1-27.
8. (with Dr Chris Schabel), «The Saga of Abbot Germanos of St George of Mangana in Nicosia and Greek-Latin Ecclesiastical Relations on Cyprus in the Reign of Pope John XXII», Frankokratia, 4 (2023), 1-31.
9. «Ο Ηγήσιππος και οι απαρχές της εκκλησιαστικής ιστοριογραφίας», Θεολογία, 94:4 (2023), 81-107.
10. «Νήσος Ορθοδόξων: ο Αρχιμανδρίτης Κυπριανός και η θρησκευτική ανθρωπογεωγραφία της μεσαιωνικής και πρώιμης νεότερης Κύπρου», Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 32 (2022), 103-145.
11. «The Empire Strikes Back: Multi-Faith Cyprus and Byzantine Orthodox Culture in Seventeenth-Century Eastern Mediterranean», Cerae, 8 (2021), 3-34.
12. «The Cypriot Peasant Revolt of 1426: Mentalities and Resistance in the Eastern Mediterranean», Frankokratia, 3 (2022), 1-44