THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS ANDTHE CHURCH OF SAINT LAZARUS WITH THE THREE DOMES

THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS ANDTHE CHURCH OF SAINT LAZARUS WITH THE THREE DOMES IN THE CITY OF LARNACA |Short Film 2022|
This Educational video production is an outcome of the Erasmus projects:
KA2 - Pantins pour l’inclusion
KA2 - Let’s be Eco-sustainAble, towards 2030 (Eco Smart City of Larnaca)
KA1- Experiential development of the mathematics curriculum
through European Cultural Heritage Architecture.
Students from Regional Gymnasium of Livadia and students from different schools in Europe who work in different European Erasmus + programs collaborated to create the puppet show "The Resurrection of Lazarus" and the short film: THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT LAZARUS WITH THE THREE DOMES IN THE CITY OF LARNACA.
The idea of creating the Puppet Theater "The Resurrection of Lazarus" had as its main goal to meet the needs of the Erasmus + KA229 program "Pantins pour l'inclusion", and to promote the religious and cultural heritage of Cyprus. Also, to give the opportunity to Regional Gymnasium of Livadia and the European Partners to participate in the Charity Event "Saint Lazarus and his little friend Savvas" organized at the Perivoli Agiou Lazarou on 17.10.2021.
The puppet show "The Resurrection of Lazarus" was screened for the first time at the Charity Event on 17th of October 2021.
With the encouragement and support of the Principal of the School Mr. Chara Anastasiou, the Erasmus students proceeded to the production of the puppet theater based on the New Testament and specifically on the Gospel of St. John.
The students created the scenes, the characters and with the help of their teachers they learned how to play their roles.
The innovative thing was that the students from Regional Gymnasium of Livadia, collaborated remotely with the students from the schools of the European partners. The students from the schools in Europe took on roles and played each character separately, giving their voices, to create the specific puppet theater. It was a very complex process, and it was done with the help of new technology.
Also, students from Regional Gymnasium of Livadia who work in the program Erasmus + KA229 Let's be Eco-sustainAble, towards 2030 - (Sustainable City - Preservation of religious and cultural heritage - Acceptance and Respect for Diversity), contributed creatively and innovatively to this creative activity short film: THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT LAZARUS WITH THE THREE DOMES IN THE CITY OF LARNACA.
Specifically, the students worked with Erasmus students from the AURELIO GOMEZ ESCOLAR school (Burgos) on the European Erasmus KA1 program on the experiential development of the mathematics curriculum through the Architecture of European Cultural Heritage.
By studying the history and architecture of the church of St. Lazarus in Larnaca, they designed and built the Byzantine church with three domes using 3D graphics through the Minecraft application.
The church of Agios Lazaros is one of the three churches with three domes that exist in Cyprus. It was built at the end of the 9th century, around 890 AD, by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise. Built entirely of stone, it is three-aisled, with three domes in the middle aisle. The three domes are now cut. They were demolished during the Turkish occupation when, according to tradition, a Turkish official ordered their demolition because, entering the port of Larnaca, he prayed, perceiving them as the domes of a Turkish mosque. According to another view, they were destroyed by an earthquake, unknown when. In 1734, when the Russian monk Vassily Barsky visited the church, they were already destroyed.