Euphrosini Proestou, the Lady of Lapithos
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Title
Euphrosini Proestou, the Lady of Lapithos
Description
Heroic figure of occupied Lapithos. She was a midwife in Lapithos and the surrounding Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot villages.
She was a charismatic personality with a kind look, determination, readiness, will, humanism and great patriotism.
Her national contribution is due to the fact that, after the occupation of Lapithos by the Turkish invaders, on 06 August 1974, as a real mother, she selflessly supplied food and protected, at the risk of her life, a group of twelve soldiers trapped in Lapithos, in a cave (burrow) near her house.
The Turks realized her action and arrested her. She was horribly tortured and humiliated, dragging her half-naked in the streets of Lapithos. She, however, with incomparable bravery and with her great Greek soul, endured all the tortures, stood up and did not betray the twelve young men. The Turks sent her to the firing squad, but at the last moment she was recognized by a Turkish Cypriot officer, who recognised her as the woman who helped his mother give birth to him!
She was imprisoned in the Keryneia Castle and then taken back to Lapithos, from where she was finally released eight months later.
She lived in Nicosia with her children and was hosted by the twelve young men she protected until the day of her death, on 17 April 1993.
She was a charismatic personality with a kind look, determination, readiness, will, humanism and great patriotism.
Her national contribution is due to the fact that, after the occupation of Lapithos by the Turkish invaders, on 06 August 1974, as a real mother, she selflessly supplied food and protected, at the risk of her life, a group of twelve soldiers trapped in Lapithos, in a cave (burrow) near her house.
The Turks realized her action and arrested her. She was horribly tortured and humiliated, dragging her half-naked in the streets of Lapithos. She, however, with incomparable bravery and with her great Greek soul, endured all the tortures, stood up and did not betray the twelve young men. The Turks sent her to the firing squad, but at the last moment she was recognized by a Turkish Cypriot officer, who recognised her as the woman who helped his mother give birth to him!
She was imprisoned in the Keryneia Castle and then taken back to Lapithos, from where she was finally released eight months later.
She lived in Nicosia with her children and was hosted by the twelve young men she protected until the day of her death, on 17 April 1993.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: Myria Konnari
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
JPG
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2021CS426
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Euphrosini Proestou, the Lady of Lapithos ,” Αψίδα, accessed April 19, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/49252.