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Ayios Loukas (St. Luke) is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus〔Coexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia by Ahmet An (Paper read at the conference: Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20th June 2011)〕〔6th edition of the publication “Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus” (publ. Statistical Service of Republic of Cyprus)〕 and the parish church thereof. The church was dedicated to and named after St. Luke the Apostle and the parish or neighbourhood was named after the church. It is Άγιος Λουκάς in Greek and Ayluka or the new name Ayyildiz (Neighbourhood only〔"1960 Sonrası Lefkoşa Konut Alanlarının Gelişimi", by Hasan Zafersoy, pub. Near Eastern University, Nicosia 2011. Figure 12 "Old and new names of some neighbourhoods of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Local Government Land Registry and Cadastral Authority".(page 51)〕) in Turkish. At the last Census (2011) it had a population of 489.〔 The population in 1946 was 806,〔Census of Cyprus, 1946〕 consisting of 263 Greek Cypriots, 536 Turkish Cypriots and 7 others. Many Greek Cypriots formerly lived in this Neighbourhood around the church of Ayios Loukas, until the first inter-communal clashes in Nicosia in 1956. Each year, 18 October was the day of festivity in the name of St.Luke and the parishioners staged what was the most famous fair (Panayiri) within the walls of Nicosia. A four-day and four-night fair was organised annually in honour of St. Luke, during which local products and seasonal fresh fruits and dried fruits, almonds and walnuts were sold, together with shamishi and Loukoumades, etc. However, following the 1956 EOKA and later TMT activities, the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the Ayios Loukas neighbourhood were terrorised into leaving and also the church was evacuated.〔 Mukhtari: Ayla Talik.〔Mahallas,Nicosia Turkish Municipality http://www.lefkosabelediyesi.org/tr/index.php/lefkosa/resmi-kurumlar/muhtarl-klarretrieved Dec 2013〕 ==History== Ayios Loukas is one of the 24 historic Neighbourhoods of Nicosia within the walls.〔 During the Ottoman period it was accounted as one of the Greek Orthodox Quarters of Nicosia.〔See “Tragedy 1821 Continuation” by Theocharides and Andreev, in Greek, pub. Nicosia 1996. Quoting census of 1831〕 However, all the adjacent Neighbourhoods, such as Yeni Jami and Ak Kavuk (Abu Kavuk), were overwhelmingly moslem in character. By 1946 the Greek Orthodox population had dropped to 33%.〔 The population of Ayios Loukas during British rule in Cyprus was as follows:〔See Census of Cyprus: 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1946〕 There was a minor change to the Neighbourhood boundaries in 1912. 〔Cyprus Gazette, 6 Dec 1912, No. 11541〕 The church was built in 1758, in dressed limestone,〔 when Philotheos was Archbishop of Cyprus. This date appears in the list of Orthodox churches enumerated by Kyprianos in 1780.〔"A history of the Orthodox church of Cyprus" by John Hackett, pub. Methuen & co.,London 1901 (p. 273)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ayios Loukas, Nicosia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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