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[bill cobbett]

From cna.org.cy .....

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has described the destruction of the Greek Christian heritage in the northern Turkish occupied part of Cyprus as a tragedy, not only for the island but also for the entire European Union.

The Archbishop was addressing a luncheon hosted by the Cypriot community in Margate in honour of its guest, after a church service for Epiphany Day and the sanctification of water, headed by the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain Grigorios.

During his speech, Williams said that “much has already been said - and I wouldn’t add a great deal to that - about the situation in which Cyprus still finds itself”. A situation, he added, “in which people are not able to visit, in a natural and routine way, the houses of their families and their ancestors and where, sadly, as some photographs I studied over the years have shown, the long, rich and beautiful Greek Christian heritage of the island have been left to decay or deliberately destroyed.”

“And that is a tragedy not only for Cyprus but the whole of our continent, the whole European family”, he noted. He assured that “we, your friends in the Church of England, continue to offer prayers on that”.
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[Acikgoz]

I wonder if we did a review of the bias how dramatic would it be:
How many times have you seen a member of the christian club criticise the destruction of sacred muslim places.

Politics and the church - bit like politics and islam.

C'mon billy that's really not news, just pr

[bill cobbett]

I wonder if we did a review of the bias how dramatic would it be:
How many times have you seen a member of the christian club criticise the destruction of sacred muslim places.

Politics and the church - bit like politics and islam.

C'mon billy that's really not news, just pr

Well, but it is news, not the most mind-blowing of news, but news nonetheless and a reminder to all of the wanton destruction and looting that the rest of the world sees occurred in the period following the beloved Piss Operation.

Cultural desecration goes hand in hand with the ethnic cleansing of the Turkish Army.

Hope you're not trying to tell us that huge stores of religious art, of statues, of paintings, of ornate iconostasis and other universally highly regarded works of art have gone walkabout, been stolen, from tissy mosques in the Free Areas of the Republic.!!!!

As to whether the Archbishop has a view on other alleged desecrations is not reported. Regretfully neither does the Archbishop go in to greater detail about the theft of hundreds of priceless works of art from the Orthodox Churches by agents of the Turkish Army, the conversion of dozens and dozens of these churches in to clubs, restaurants and stables and other wholesale thefts and desecrations.

The Archbishop may have not gone in to greater detail, but the Church in its evidence to the ECHR in support of its mega action against Turkey will remind us of the damning attempt at cultural destruction and revisionism by the Turkish Occupation Regime.

[Hermes]

Thanks Bill for posting this piece. Any report concerning the terrible Turkish destruction of the north's Greek and Christian heritage should not go unnoticed. Similarly, the Turkish persecution of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has attracted widespread attention recently. The two are of course related and have their roots deep in the Turkish national psyche.

[Expatkiwi]

Cultural desecration is to be condemed by all sides. One of the things I don't like about the TRNC is how they allowed it to happen in their country. Still - and this is small consolation - it is not unique to TRNC. A lot of other nations have had their cultural relics and places of worship looted and destroyed.

[bill cobbett]

Cultural desecration is to be condemed by all sides. One of the things I don't like about the TRNC is how they allowed it to happen in their country. Still - and this is small consolation - it is not unique to TRNC. A lot of other nations have had their cultural relics and places of worship looted and destroyed.

Yes, onother damnable act of this type was the destruction of the Budhas of Bamyan in 2001. Some 1500 year old statues just wantonly destroyed for not fitting in with someone's religious view... and all done under the gaze of the world's press.

Here's the wiki about it ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamyan

[yialousa1971]

Cultural desecration is to be condemed by all sides. One of the things I don't like about the TRNC is how they allowed it to happen in their country. Still - and this is small consolation - it is not unique to TRNC. A lot of other nations have had their cultural relics and places of worship looted and destroyed.

It's not their country you arse hole!

[Acikgoz]

If the Archbishop in his supposed wisdom seeks to address such issues, which are important to people, then for his message to have any credibility it must address issues and destruction on both sides of the island.

Gravesites, places of worship, however humble or grand hold are important to all people. There has been destruction on both sides, the Archbishop shows himself to be only interested in the affairs of Christians rather than all humanity. A common thread that weaves itself throughout this Cyprus issue.

How unchristian of him.

[Oracle]

“And that is a tragedy not only for Cyprus but the whole of our continent, the whole European family”, he noted. He assured that “we, your friends in the Church of England, continue to offer prayers on that”.

Prayers are good ....

[denizaksulu]

I dont have much faith in Archbishops since 1963, but I hope he also tells his goverment to hand back STOLEN LOOT from old COLONIES and other places.

(Check out the British Museum)