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Archangel Michael Square after the Turkish Invasion in 1974.

Archangel Michael

Archangel Michael. The 15m. stamp is an icon representing the Great Deesis in the uppermost zone of the iconostasis. The icons is dated to the year 1544 and attributed to the hand of Joseph Houris. They remind one of the Palaeologue style and…

These priceless mosaics from the church of our Lady of Kanakaria in the Karpass peninsula are early Byzantine master pieces dating from the 6th century A.D. or earlier. The tesserae used for the mosaics are of various colored glass, glass capped with…

At the outbreak of the Greek revolution in 1821 the Ottoman Sultan ordered the Pasha of Acre to send troops to Cyprus and authorized Kuchuk Mehmet, Governor of Cyprus to kill as many Christians as he thought necessary. The governor decided that four…

Φωτογραφία από τις 23/09/1966 από την άφιξη του Αρχιεπισκόπου Μακαρίου στην Αθήνα και στην Αίγυπτο.

President Makarios in his address to the United Nations on 7th October 1975 said: ""In today’s small world, values and fundamentals such as peace, freedom, cultural and economic justice are essential. In addition cooperation between peoples and…

Archbishop Makarios III First President of Cyprus

The Limassol castle consists of a palimpsest of structures. On the exact place a 13th-century church was gradually transformed into the fort we see today. However, until its final form, edifices of distinct roles occupied the site. In chronological…

Φωτογραφία από την συνάντηση του Αρχιεπισκόπου με τον Δρα Κουτσιούκ στο προεδρικό μέγαρο στις 04/03/1959.