CHURCH OF CYPRUS - ECHR
Archbishop Chrysostomos II said the Churchs application to the European Court of Human Rights to report Turkey for violation of its rights and usurpation of its property in the Turkish occupied areas must be well prepared before it is submitted.
To a question about the application, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island said we are trying through the Land Registry Office and the Church Committees to obtain all evidence because we want an application that is complete as possible, from every angle.
Asked when the application will be submitted, the Archbishop replied this might take place tomorrow morning or in two months. The application must be well documented.
In a press conference last May, the Archbishop had said the Church will base its defense on the case law of private cases and the 4th Interstate application of Cyprus against Turkey.
Cyprus' Religious Cultural Heritage in Peril
by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:34 pm
pressure on Turkey to revise church policy
24.JUL.09
The General Assembly of the Council of European Churches has requested the revision of Turkey's policy concerning the maintenance of Christian places of worship in the areas of Cyprus under Turkish military occupation.
The assembly, which took place in Lyon, France, from July 15 to 21, calls on the Turkish government to revise its policy on religious education.
According to a press release, the assembly calls for full respect of human rights and religious freedoms, as well as respect of sacred sites and religious monuments, and the protection of freedoms and religious communities. - Copyright © Famagusta Gazette 2009
http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/defaul ... te&he=.com
24.JUL.09
The General Assembly of the Council of European Churches has requested the revision of Turkey's policy concerning the maintenance of Christian places of worship in the areas of Cyprus under Turkish military occupation.
The assembly, which took place in Lyon, France, from July 15 to 21, calls on the Turkish government to revise its policy on religious education.
According to a press release, the assembly calls for full respect of human rights and religious freedoms, as well as respect of sacred sites and religious monuments, and the protection of freedoms and religious communities. - Copyright © Famagusta Gazette 2009
http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/defaul ... te&he=.com
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by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:37 pm
http://www.cyprusweekly.com.cy/main/92, ... 2033-.aspx
27 July 2009 09:12
Church to report Turkey on rights violations
NICOSIA - Archbishop Chrysostomos II said the Church’s application to the European Court of Human Rights to report Turkey for violation of its rights and usurpation of its property in the Turkish occupied areas must be well prepared before it is submitted.
To a question on Sunday about the application, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island said “we are trying through the Land Registry Office and the Church Committees to obtain all evidence because we want an application that is complete as possible, from every angle”.
Asked when the application will be submitted, the Archbishop replied “this might take place tomorrow morning or in two months. The application must be well documented”.
In a press conference last May, the Archbishop had said the Church will base its defense on the case law of private cases and the 4th Interstate application of Cyprus against Turkey.
Many churches have been converted into stables, stores, hen-houses, night clubs, libraries, cultural centers, morgues, mosques and military camps, since the Turkish invasion against Cyprus in 1974.
27 July 2009 09:12
Church to report Turkey on rights violations
NICOSIA - Archbishop Chrysostomos II said the Church’s application to the European Court of Human Rights to report Turkey for violation of its rights and usurpation of its property in the Turkish occupied areas must be well prepared before it is submitted.
To a question on Sunday about the application, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island said “we are trying through the Land Registry Office and the Church Committees to obtain all evidence because we want an application that is complete as possible, from every angle”.
Asked when the application will be submitted, the Archbishop replied “this might take place tomorrow morning or in two months. The application must be well documented”.
In a press conference last May, the Archbishop had said the Church will base its defense on the case law of private cases and the 4th Interstate application of Cyprus against Turkey.
Many churches have been converted into stables, stores, hen-houses, night clubs, libraries, cultural centers, morgues, mosques and military camps, since the Turkish invasion against Cyprus in 1974.
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by samarkeolog » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:52 pm
Oracle wrote:Sam your link doesn't work.
Sorry. Here it is. I do wish they would stop moving their files around.
I don't know why some numbers don't add up from one source to the next. Some may include Armenian and Maronite Churches in the totals and some just GO. Some numbers may include Churches which were converted to Mosques long ago etc. ... can't tell without comparing all the articles.samarkeolog wrote:I had been talking about damage and destruction, and you asked for numbers; I got you the numbers for destruction.
I didn't ask for numbers,
No? You didn't say that 'this is where numbers would serve a purpose, if only to shut you up with trying to make out the magnitude was the same'?
I happen to know how difficult it is for the RoC to determine the extent of the destruction in the north. But, even the little they have managed to garner, exposes a malevolent practice of overwhelming proportions and points to a policy practiced by Turkey of an aim to erase the whole history and presence of GCs in the north. The cultural destruction seen with Churches and village name changes, and removal of people implicate Turkey in something most sinister. Looting and destruction are merely the means to their ultimate goal; it is this which you fail to address.
Don't fail to address it, blah blah blah blah...
Why does Turkey systematically remove people, then remove any signs of their presence ... even rename animals with reference to the people that were there before, for example:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4328285.stm
And what happened to the Armenian churches in Western Armenia? That's the fate that awaits Cyprus.
Given - according to GC and bicommunal numbers - GCs destroyed a greater proportion of mosques than TCs/Ts did churches (and in less time), if that's the fate that awaits Cyprus, that's the fate that would have awaited the TCs if Turkey hadn't invaded.
Turkey has a history of ethnic cleansing and sanitising territory of original inhabitants by removal of their cultural artifacts. It is in the process of doing that NOW in Cyprus. It has NOT stopped! It will NOT stop destroying all remaining signs of GCs in the north, because its ultimate aim is expansionism! And it hides behind a veneer by distorting the most minor signs of wear and tear in any mosques (even if they were originally churches) to pretend it is tit for tat. Collecting numbers will always yield inaccuracies because the numbers keep changing because Turkey continues to plunder!
Now tell me how the RoC is equally expanding?
Yes, churches have continued to be destroyed for 35 years and Turkist nationalist extremists still haven't destroyed the same proportion of Cyprus's churches as the GCs did Cyprus's mosques...
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by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:09 pm
The continued destruction:
520 buildings between churches, chapels, and monasteries - has been sacked, demolished, or disfigured.
http://www.cyprusembassy.net/home/uploa ... %209.3.pdf
520 buildings between churches, chapels, and monasteries - has been sacked, demolished, or disfigured.
http://www.cyprusembassy.net/home/uploa ... %209.3.pdf
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The continued destruction....
Cyprus Church launches protest campaign for occupies sites.
Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the Hague
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/Embassies/Hag ... enDocument
Nicosia, Jan 10 (CNA) – The Church of Cyprus is protesting strongly the continuing plundering of religious sites, in the Turkish- occupied northern part of the country, condemning the ongoing desecration of Christian churches, some of which have been converted to mosques, military camps, hen houses, mortuaries or silos.
As experts record the overall looting campaign in the past three decades, since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, with about 550 churches desecrated, between 15-20,000 icons missing, believed to be stolen or sold on the black market, a well orchestrated and concerted effort is underway to protest at all international fora this situation.
“We have embarked on a crusade to inform world public opinion through every available means - lectures, literary material, personal contacts, diplomatic channels - presenting indisputable evidence which has been corroborated through careful and professional research carried out on the matter,” Charalambos Hotzakoglu, archaeologist by profession and an expert in Byzantine art working for the museum of the Kykko Monastery, has told CNA in an interview.
He said the goal is to save these religious sites, a task vehemently opposed by the Turkish side which claims that all sites now belong to the Moslem religious foundation EVKAF.
Researchers of the Kykko Monastery, who have visited and photographed some 550 churches in occupied Cyprus, say that 50 of them are now military camps - the church of Virgin Mary Axeropiitou in Lambousa village, Agios Panteleimonas in Mirtou village, the church and monastery of Agia Anastasia in Lapithos village is now a luxury hotel complex, the monastery of Agios Panteleimonas is used as a fuel depot and the church of Sotiros in Chrysiliou village in Morphou district now serves as a mortuary.
“The sight is shocking with bodies lying on the holy altar, it was a hair raising experience for me to have witnessed such practices in a Christian church,” Hotzakoglu said, stressing the need to begin restoring these churches, having established beyond any reasonable doubt and with convincing evidence the scale of the destruction.
Another church, that of Agios Georgios Exorinos in Famagusta is now a theatre and the church of Agios Loukas in Lapithos village has been turned into a dance studio.
“Having all this in mind, it is imperative that we move quickly to restore our churches and to this effect we have already asked the help of experts from abroad, including informing Pope Benedict XVI to whom President Tassos Papadopoulos has given a three-volume publication recording the obliteration of our religious heritage, pointing out at the same time that this matter does not concern Orthodoxy alone but other religious denominations too,” Hotzakoglu told CNA.
There can be little doubt as to who is responsible for this unscrupulous looting, which is none other than the occupying power Turkey that nurtures aspirations to join the European Union where respect of religious and other human rights is a prerequisite for accession, he points out.
Initial indications from the occupation regime to UN calls to help restore the Christian churches and other religious sites has been “steadfastly negative,” he says with regret.
Responding to questions, he said should restoration work begin, with the consent of the occupation regime, an agreement must be reached to ensure that this project is carried through on the basis of certain principles and safeguards.
“We have no intention of channeling millions of pounds to the occupied areas towards this goal, only to find out at a later stage that the occupation regime turns round to claim these sites as theirs or to see them used according to their whims,” he added, stressing that the leadership of the Turkish Cypriots must acknowledge the ownership and sovereignty of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which is an autocephalous church enjoying special privileges other churches in Christian Orthodoxy do not.
The Byzantine experts said that the survey has established that what the regime describes as “well maintained” churches is in fact churches which have been turned into museums, to serve the tourist industry, whereas other churches now used as mosques, Moslem places of worship, are kept in good working order as far as the actual building is concerned.
On the big issue of illicit art dealing of religious arte facts from the occupied areas, Hotzakoglu said there is a well organized attempt by the Turkish military to remove from churches priceless frescoes and icons, many of which find their way to black markets abroad.
He said once a theft is reported, we have to locate the stolen items and begin a legal battle to prove, if need be, that these belong to the Church of Cyprus and eventually repatriate these items.
Such religious arte facts have been found in the possession of a Turkish illicit art dealer Aydin Dikmen and were eventually located in a Texas museum, which now have to be repartriated.
Another case concerned the return, after lengthy legal proceedings, of four mosaics from the church of the Virgin Mary tis Kanakarias in the village of Lythrangomi, dating back to 520-530 AD, found in the possession of an American art dealer.
Replying to questions about mosques in the government-controlled areas of the Republic, he said there is a restoration project, drafted on the basis of respect of religious freedom. He pointed out that Ankara has to follow suit and act in a similar manner.
“We are not politicians, we want to resolve this religious issue that concerns the cultural heritage and we are ready to overcome the past. If they feel they belong to this land, as they say they do, they ought to move on through cooperation with us,” he said.
He explained that restoration work can only proceed once archaeological studies are carried out, statistical surveys and plans, including costs.
Hotzakoglu said that one of the problems the researchers team had to face was the absence of a proper list of churches, temples, monasteries, small and big, as they existed prior to the Turkish invasion. A huge effort was undertaken to recover this information, corroborate it and record it, he explained, adding that photographs taken from occupied churches have now been matched with the corresponding church they belong to.
“At present we are working on a multi-language publication, aimed at the public at large and not the specialist expert, outlining the research we have carried out and once this is done then we shall publish a multi-volume publication to include photographic material and all date we have collected relating to this ambitious research,” he concluded.
Cyprus Church launches protest campaign for occupies sites.
Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the Hague
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/Embassies/Hag ... enDocument
Nicosia, Jan 10 (CNA) – The Church of Cyprus is protesting strongly the continuing plundering of religious sites, in the Turkish- occupied northern part of the country, condemning the ongoing desecration of Christian churches, some of which have been converted to mosques, military camps, hen houses, mortuaries or silos.
As experts record the overall looting campaign in the past three decades, since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, with about 550 churches desecrated, between 15-20,000 icons missing, believed to be stolen or sold on the black market, a well orchestrated and concerted effort is underway to protest at all international fora this situation.
“We have embarked on a crusade to inform world public opinion through every available means - lectures, literary material, personal contacts, diplomatic channels - presenting indisputable evidence which has been corroborated through careful and professional research carried out on the matter,” Charalambos Hotzakoglu, archaeologist by profession and an expert in Byzantine art working for the museum of the Kykko Monastery, has told CNA in an interview.
He said the goal is to save these religious sites, a task vehemently opposed by the Turkish side which claims that all sites now belong to the Moslem religious foundation EVKAF.
Researchers of the Kykko Monastery, who have visited and photographed some 550 churches in occupied Cyprus, say that 50 of them are now military camps - the church of Virgin Mary Axeropiitou in Lambousa village, Agios Panteleimonas in Mirtou village, the church and monastery of Agia Anastasia in Lapithos village is now a luxury hotel complex, the monastery of Agios Panteleimonas is used as a fuel depot and the church of Sotiros in Chrysiliou village in Morphou district now serves as a mortuary.
“The sight is shocking with bodies lying on the holy altar, it was a hair raising experience for me to have witnessed such practices in a Christian church,” Hotzakoglu said, stressing the need to begin restoring these churches, having established beyond any reasonable doubt and with convincing evidence the scale of the destruction.
Another church, that of Agios Georgios Exorinos in Famagusta is now a theatre and the church of Agios Loukas in Lapithos village has been turned into a dance studio.
“Having all this in mind, it is imperative that we move quickly to restore our churches and to this effect we have already asked the help of experts from abroad, including informing Pope Benedict XVI to whom President Tassos Papadopoulos has given a three-volume publication recording the obliteration of our religious heritage, pointing out at the same time that this matter does not concern Orthodoxy alone but other religious denominations too,” Hotzakoglu told CNA.
There can be little doubt as to who is responsible for this unscrupulous looting, which is none other than the occupying power Turkey that nurtures aspirations to join the European Union where respect of religious and other human rights is a prerequisite for accession, he points out.
Initial indications from the occupation regime to UN calls to help restore the Christian churches and other religious sites has been “steadfastly negative,” he says with regret.
Responding to questions, he said should restoration work begin, with the consent of the occupation regime, an agreement must be reached to ensure that this project is carried through on the basis of certain principles and safeguards.
“We have no intention of channeling millions of pounds to the occupied areas towards this goal, only to find out at a later stage that the occupation regime turns round to claim these sites as theirs or to see them used according to their whims,” he added, stressing that the leadership of the Turkish Cypriots must acknowledge the ownership and sovereignty of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which is an autocephalous church enjoying special privileges other churches in Christian Orthodoxy do not.
The Byzantine experts said that the survey has established that what the regime describes as “well maintained” churches is in fact churches which have been turned into museums, to serve the tourist industry, whereas other churches now used as mosques, Moslem places of worship, are kept in good working order as far as the actual building is concerned.
On the big issue of illicit art dealing of religious arte facts from the occupied areas, Hotzakoglu said there is a well organized attempt by the Turkish military to remove from churches priceless frescoes and icons, many of which find their way to black markets abroad.
He said once a theft is reported, we have to locate the stolen items and begin a legal battle to prove, if need be, that these belong to the Church of Cyprus and eventually repatriate these items.
Such religious arte facts have been found in the possession of a Turkish illicit art dealer Aydin Dikmen and were eventually located in a Texas museum, which now have to be repartriated.
Another case concerned the return, after lengthy legal proceedings, of four mosaics from the church of the Virgin Mary tis Kanakarias in the village of Lythrangomi, dating back to 520-530 AD, found in the possession of an American art dealer.
Replying to questions about mosques in the government-controlled areas of the Republic, he said there is a restoration project, drafted on the basis of respect of religious freedom. He pointed out that Ankara has to follow suit and act in a similar manner.
“We are not politicians, we want to resolve this religious issue that concerns the cultural heritage and we are ready to overcome the past. If they feel they belong to this land, as they say they do, they ought to move on through cooperation with us,” he said.
He explained that restoration work can only proceed once archaeological studies are carried out, statistical surveys and plans, including costs.
Hotzakoglu said that one of the problems the researchers team had to face was the absence of a proper list of churches, temples, monasteries, small and big, as they existed prior to the Turkish invasion. A huge effort was undertaken to recover this information, corroborate it and record it, he explained, adding that photographs taken from occupied churches have now been matched with the corresponding church they belong to.
“At present we are working on a multi-language publication, aimed at the public at large and not the specialist expert, outlining the research we have carried out and once this is done then we shall publish a multi-volume publication to include photographic material and all date we have collected relating to this ambitious research,” he concluded.
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by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:32 pm
Smuggled icons returned to lawful owner - the Cyprus Church
http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.ns ... int&Click=
Six priceless icons, smuggled from Cyprus before or after the Turkish invasion of 1974, have been returned to their lawful owner - the Church of Cyprus - after an agreement with the California-based Charles Pankow American Foundation.
A press release issued yesterday by the Cyprus Embassy in Washington says that the icons were due to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York but were returned on Wednesday during a ceremony at the House of Cyprus in Manhattan, New York.
Cyprus’ Ambassador to the US, Andreas Kakouris, said the Government was first notified in 2005 that the icons were due to be auctioned by Sotheby’s which was asked to halt the auction after it was pointed out that the legal owner of the icons is the Church of Cyprus.
The Foundation was then contacted about the matter and, through consultations, it was agreed that the icons should be repatriated, the Ambassador added.
“The return of the icons is part of continuing efforts by the government to maintain and protect our rich cultural and religious heritage. At the same time we are following a legal course of action relating to the plunder of our treasures and their illicit export,” he also said.
Thousands of invaluable icons have been channeled by illicit art dealers through the international art markets and presented as ordinary artifacts for which some payment was made so as to become the possession of various dealers or wealthy art collectors.
The returned icons are:
1) Virgin Hodegetria (“Mother of God”) (13th or 14th century) from the Bishorpic of the Holy Metropolis of Kyrenia
2) Saint Peter (14th century) from the Church of Panaghia Asinou near Nikitari village
3) Saint Paul (14th century) from the Church of Panaghia Asinou near Nikitari village
4) Saint Andronikos and Athanasia (13th century) from the Chapel of Saint Andronikos and Athanasia at Kalopanayiotis village
5) Theotokos Glykofilousa (“Mother of God”) (13th century) Cypriot-style painting
6) Saint Gabriel (15th or 16th century) Cypriot-style painting.
The return of the six Byzantine icons to the Church of Cyprus highlights the ongoing acute problem regarding religious and archaeological sites, as well as cultural, religious and archaeological items in the area of Cyprus that have been under Turkish military occupation since the invasion of 1974.
The Church of Cyprus is protesting strongly the continuing plundering of religious sites, in the Turkish- occupied northern part of the country, condemning the ongoing desecration of Christian churches, some of which have been converted to mosques, military camps, hen houses, mortuaries or silos.
Experts record that the overall looting activity in the past three decades, has about 550 churches desecrated, between 15-20,000 icons missing - believed to be stolen or sold in the black market. That is why a well orchestrated and concerted effort is underway to protest this illegality at all international fora this situation.
http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.ns ... int&Click=
Six priceless icons, smuggled from Cyprus before or after the Turkish invasion of 1974, have been returned to their lawful owner - the Church of Cyprus - after an agreement with the California-based Charles Pankow American Foundation.
A press release issued yesterday by the Cyprus Embassy in Washington says that the icons were due to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York but were returned on Wednesday during a ceremony at the House of Cyprus in Manhattan, New York.
Cyprus’ Ambassador to the US, Andreas Kakouris, said the Government was first notified in 2005 that the icons were due to be auctioned by Sotheby’s which was asked to halt the auction after it was pointed out that the legal owner of the icons is the Church of Cyprus.
The Foundation was then contacted about the matter and, through consultations, it was agreed that the icons should be repatriated, the Ambassador added.
“The return of the icons is part of continuing efforts by the government to maintain and protect our rich cultural and religious heritage. At the same time we are following a legal course of action relating to the plunder of our treasures and their illicit export,” he also said.
Thousands of invaluable icons have been channeled by illicit art dealers through the international art markets and presented as ordinary artifacts for which some payment was made so as to become the possession of various dealers or wealthy art collectors.
The returned icons are:
1) Virgin Hodegetria (“Mother of God”) (13th or 14th century) from the Bishorpic of the Holy Metropolis of Kyrenia
2) Saint Peter (14th century) from the Church of Panaghia Asinou near Nikitari village
3) Saint Paul (14th century) from the Church of Panaghia Asinou near Nikitari village
4) Saint Andronikos and Athanasia (13th century) from the Chapel of Saint Andronikos and Athanasia at Kalopanayiotis village
5) Theotokos Glykofilousa (“Mother of God”) (13th century) Cypriot-style painting
6) Saint Gabriel (15th or 16th century) Cypriot-style painting.
The return of the six Byzantine icons to the Church of Cyprus highlights the ongoing acute problem regarding religious and archaeological sites, as well as cultural, religious and archaeological items in the area of Cyprus that have been under Turkish military occupation since the invasion of 1974.
The Church of Cyprus is protesting strongly the continuing plundering of religious sites, in the Turkish- occupied northern part of the country, condemning the ongoing desecration of Christian churches, some of which have been converted to mosques, military camps, hen houses, mortuaries or silos.
Experts record that the overall looting activity in the past three decades, has about 550 churches desecrated, between 15-20,000 icons missing - believed to be stolen or sold in the black market. That is why a well orchestrated and concerted effort is underway to protest this illegality at all international fora this situation.
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by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:39 pm
78 CHURCHES CONVERTED INTO MOSLEM TEMPLES IN THE OCCUPIED AREA OF CYPRUS
Nicosia District
1. Avlona, Church of Agia Marinas
2. Gerolakkos, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
3. Exo Metochi, Church of Agios Georgios
4. Pano Zodeia, Church of Archangelos Michael
5. Kato Zodeia, Church of the Holy Cross
6. Kapouti, Church of Agios Georgios
7. Katokopia, Church of Panayia Chryseleousas (new)
8. Kythrea, Church of Agia Anna Syrkanias
9. Kythrea, Church of Panayia Hardakiotissas
10. Mia Milia, Church of Agios Ioannis Theologos
11. Morfou, Church of Agias Paraskevis
12. Neapolis, Church of Apostolos Andreas
13. Nikitas, Church of Agios Nikitas
14. Pentageia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
15. Prastio, Church of Agios Stylianos
16. Skylloura, Church of Panayias Eleousas
17. Syrianochori, Church of Agios Nikolaos
18. Fyllia, Church of Agios Georgios
Kyrenia Destrict
1. Agios Amvrosios, Church of Agios Amvrosios
2. Agios Georgios, Church of Agios Georgios
3. Agios Epiktitos, Church of Agios Epiktitos
4. Agios Ermolaos, Church of Agios Ermolaos (new)
5. Vasileia, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
6. Pano Dikomo, Church of the Prophet Zacharia
7. Church of Agios Georgios
8. Kato Dikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
9. Kalograia, Church of Agios Mamas
10. Karavas, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
11. Karmi, Church of Panayia Karmiotissas
12. Kyrenia, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Kyrenia, Church of Agias Varvaras
14. Klepini, Church of Apostolos Loucas
15. Lapithos, Church of Agios Minas
16. Lapithos, Church of Agias Paraskevis
17. Larnacas Lapithou, Church of Agios Demetrios
18. Livera, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
19. Orga, Church of Agios Georgios
20. Panagra, Church of Apostolos Andreas
21. Belapais, Chapel of Agios Georgios
22. Ftericha, Church of the Apostolos Petros and Pavlos
Famagusta District
1. Agios Ilias, Church of the Prophet Ilias
2. Angastina, Church of Agias Paraskevis
3. Akanthou, Church of the transformation of the Soteros
4. Ammochostos, Church of Panayia Chrysospiliotissas
5. Arnadi, Church of Agios Andronikos
6. Asseia, Church of Ioannis Prodromos
7. Acheritou, Church of the Soteros
8. Vothylakas, Church of Agios Georgios (new)
9. Vasili, Church of Agios Vasileios
10. Vatili, Church of Agios Georgios
11. Vitsada, Church of Agios Mamas
12. Vokolida, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Gerani, Church of Agios Georgios
14. Gialousa, Church of Agios Fotios
15. Gypsou, Church of Agios Georgios
16. Egkomi, Church of Panayia
17. Eptakomi, Church of Agios Georgios
18. Kalopsida, Church of the Timios Prodromos
19. Koma tou Gialou, Church of Archangelos Michael
20. Komi Kepir, Church of Agios Georgios
21. Lapathos, Church of the Timios Prodromos
22. Leonarisso, Church of Agios Demetrios
23. Levkonoiko, Church of Soteros
24. Limnia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
25. Limnia, Church of Agios Georgios
26. Lisi, Church of Panagias
27. Mandres, Church of A gios Epifanios
28. Milia, Church of Agios Epifanios
29. Mousoulita, Church of Agios Loucas
30. Neta, Church of Panagias (new)
31. Neta, Church of Panagias (old)
32. Patriki, Church of Archangelos Michael
33. Pigi, Church of the Holy Cross
34. Prastio, Church of Agios Georgios
35. Spathariko, Church of Agios Loucas
36. Tavrou, Church of Agios Srgios and Vakhos
37. Trikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
38. Flamoudi, Church of Agios Georgios
Nicosia District
1. Avlona, Church of Agia Marinas
2. Gerolakkos, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
3. Exo Metochi, Church of Agios Georgios
4. Pano Zodeia, Church of Archangelos Michael
5. Kato Zodeia, Church of the Holy Cross
6. Kapouti, Church of Agios Georgios
7. Katokopia, Church of Panayia Chryseleousas (new)
8. Kythrea, Church of Agia Anna Syrkanias
9. Kythrea, Church of Panayia Hardakiotissas
10. Mia Milia, Church of Agios Ioannis Theologos
11. Morfou, Church of Agias Paraskevis
12. Neapolis, Church of Apostolos Andreas
13. Nikitas, Church of Agios Nikitas
14. Pentageia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
15. Prastio, Church of Agios Stylianos
16. Skylloura, Church of Panayias Eleousas
17. Syrianochori, Church of Agios Nikolaos
18. Fyllia, Church of Agios Georgios
Kyrenia Destrict
1. Agios Amvrosios, Church of Agios Amvrosios
2. Agios Georgios, Church of Agios Georgios
3. Agios Epiktitos, Church of Agios Epiktitos
4. Agios Ermolaos, Church of Agios Ermolaos (new)
5. Vasileia, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
6. Pano Dikomo, Church of the Prophet Zacharia
7. Church of Agios Georgios
8. Kato Dikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
9. Kalograia, Church of Agios Mamas
10. Karavas, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
11. Karmi, Church of Panayia Karmiotissas
12. Kyrenia, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Kyrenia, Church of Agias Varvaras
14. Klepini, Church of Apostolos Loucas
15. Lapithos, Church of Agios Minas
16. Lapithos, Church of Agias Paraskevis
17. Larnacas Lapithou, Church of Agios Demetrios
18. Livera, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
19. Orga, Church of Agios Georgios
20. Panagra, Church of Apostolos Andreas
21. Belapais, Chapel of Agios Georgios
22. Ftericha, Church of the Apostolos Petros and Pavlos
Famagusta District
1. Agios Ilias, Church of the Prophet Ilias
2. Angastina, Church of Agias Paraskevis
3. Akanthou, Church of the transformation of the Soteros
4. Ammochostos, Church of Panayia Chrysospiliotissas
5. Arnadi, Church of Agios Andronikos
6. Asseia, Church of Ioannis Prodromos
7. Acheritou, Church of the Soteros
8. Vothylakas, Church of Agios Georgios (new)
9. Vasili, Church of Agios Vasileios
10. Vatili, Church of Agios Georgios
11. Vitsada, Church of Agios Mamas
12. Vokolida, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Gerani, Church of Agios Georgios
14. Gialousa, Church of Agios Fotios
15. Gypsou, Church of Agios Georgios
16. Egkomi, Church of Panayia
17. Eptakomi, Church of Agios Georgios
18. Kalopsida, Church of the Timios Prodromos
19. Koma tou Gialou, Church of Archangelos Michael
20. Komi Kepir, Church of Agios Georgios
21. Lapathos, Church of the Timios Prodromos
22. Leonarisso, Church of Agios Demetrios
23. Levkonoiko, Church of Soteros
24. Limnia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
25. Limnia, Church of Agios Georgios
26. Lisi, Church of Panagias
27. Mandres, Church of A gios Epifanios
28. Milia, Church of Agios Epifanios
29. Mousoulita, Church of Agios Loucas
30. Neta, Church of Panagias (new)
31. Neta, Church of Panagias (old)
32. Patriki, Church of Archangelos Michael
33. Pigi, Church of the Holy Cross
34. Prastio, Church of Agios Georgios
35. Spathariko, Church of Agios Loucas
36. Tavrou, Church of Agios Srgios and Vakhos
37. Trikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
38. Flamoudi, Church of Agios Georgios
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by Lit » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:43 pm
Lit wrote:78 CHURCHES CONVERTED INTO MOSLEM TEMPLES IN THE OCCUPIED AREA OF CYPRUS
Nicosia District
1. Avlona, Church of Agia Marinas
2. Gerolakkos, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
3. Exo Metochi, Church of Agios Georgios
4. Pano Zodeia, Church of Archangelos Michael
5. Kato Zodeia, Church of the Holy Cross
6. Kapouti, Church of Agios Georgios
7. Katokopia, Church of Panayia Chryseleousas (new)
8. Kythrea, Church of Agia Anna Syrkanias
9. Kythrea, Church of Panayia Hardakiotissas
10. Mia Milia, Church of Agios Ioannis Theologos
11. Morfou, Church of Agias Paraskevis
12. Neapolis, Church of Apostolos Andreas
13. Nikitas, Church of Agios Nikitas
14. Pentageia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
15. Prastio, Church of Agios Stylianos
16. Skylloura, Church of Panayias Eleousas
17. Syrianochori, Church of Agios Nikolaos
18. Fyllia, Church of Agios Georgios
Kyrenia Destrict
1. Agios Amvrosios, Church of Agios Amvrosios
2. Agios Georgios, Church of Agios Georgios
3. Agios Epiktitos, Church of Agios Epiktitos
4. Agios Ermolaos, Church of Agios Ermolaos (new)
5. Vasileia, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
6. Pano Dikomo, Church of the Prophet Zacharia
7. Church of Agios Georgios
8. Kato Dikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
9. Kalograia, Church of Agios Mamas
10. Karavas, Church of Panayia Evagelistrias
11. Karmi, Church of Panayia Karmiotissas
12. Kyrenia, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Kyrenia, Church of Agias Varvaras
14. Klepini, Church of Apostolos Loucas
15. Lapithos, Church of Agios Minas
16. Lapithos, Church of Agias Paraskevis
17. Larnacas Lapithou, Church of Agios Demetrios
18. Livera, Church of Constantinou and Elenis
19. Orga, Church of Agios Georgios
20. Panagra, Church of Apostolos Andreas
21. Belapais, Chapel of Agios Georgios
22. Ftericha, Church of the Apostolos Petros and Pavlos
Famagusta District
1. Agios Ilias, Church of the Prophet Ilias
2. Angastina, Church of Agias Paraskevis
3. Akanthou, Church of the transformation of the Soteros
4. Ammochostos, Church of Panayia Chrysospiliotissas
5. Arnadi, Church of Agios Andronikos
6. Asseia, Church of Ioannis Prodromos
7. Acheritou, Church of the Soteros
8. Vothylakas, Church of Agios Georgios (new)
9. Vasili, Church of Agios Vasileios
10. Vatili, Church of Agios Georgios
11. Vitsada, Church of Agios Mamas
12. Vokolida, Church of Agios Georgios
13. Gerani, Church of Agios Georgios
14. Gialousa, Church of Agios Fotios
15. Gypsou, Church of Agios Georgios
16. Egkomi, Church of Panayia
17. Eptakomi, Church of Agios Georgios
18. Kalopsida, Church of the Timios Prodromos
19. Koma tou Gialou, Church of Archangelos Michael
20. Komi Kepir, Church of Agios Georgios
21. Lapathos, Church of the Timios Prodromos
22. Leonarisso, Church of Agios Demetrios
23. Levkonoiko, Church of Soteros
24. Limnia, Church of Agios Nikolaos
25. Limnia, Church of Agios Georgios
26. Lisi, Church of Panagias
27. Mandres, Church of A gios Epifanios
28. Milia, Church of Agios Epifanios
29. Mousoulita, Church of Agios Loucas
30. Neta, Church of Panagias (new)
31. Neta, Church of Panagias (old)
32. Patriki, Church of Archangelos Michael
33. Pigi, Church of the Holy Cross
34. Prastio, Church of Agios Georgios
35. Spathariko, Church of Agios Loucas
36. Tavrou, Church of Agios Srgios and Vakhos
37. Trikomo, Church of Agios Georgios
38. Flamoudi, Church of Agios Georgios
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by Oracle » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:44 pm
samarkeolog wrote:Oracle wrote:I didn't ask for numbers,
No? You didn't say that 'this is where numbers would serve a purpose, if only to shut you up with trying to make out the magnitude was the same'?
By saying "numbers would be useful", it did not mean I was asking you to provide some fudged statistics. I've already pointed out to you how difficult it is for the RoC to complete their assessment of the destruction in the north. And the more important point, which you ignore, is the continuation of this destruction by Turkey, until they can completely erase the history of GCs. So we are just seeing a "work in progress". The Turks have not completed their task of destroying ALL our heritage. But you cannot deny that is their ultimate AIM. The Turks have done this before with the Churches of Western Armenia, at least!
Sam wrote:Don't fail to address it, blah blah blah blah...
Once again!
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