Ayios (Saint) Epiktitos
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TURKISH STATE TERRORISM AGAINST CYPRUS SINCE 1974

Welcome to the home page for Ayios Epiktitos, a village in Cyprus under Turkish Military Occupation since July 1974.

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celebrates October 12.
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«Πάτερ παμμάκαρ Έπίκτητε, τήν σέ τιμώσαν φαιδρώς,νήσον Κύπρον διάσωζε, πάσης περιστάσεως, τή θερμή προστασία σου... 

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...και εξαιρέτως ταύτην τήν χώραν σου σεμνυνομένην τώ σώ όνόματι, σκέπε έκάστοτε καί χορήγει πάντοτε ταύτη, σοφέ, τά τής ευλογίας σου θεία δωρήματα. »

This page is intended to provide information about Ayios Epiktitos, an occupied village of Kyrenia district in CYPRUS since 1974 by barbarian Turkish troops.
The page is dedicated to all people who were killed by Turkish troops, or are still missing due to the Turkish invasion, and it is a promise to them that we will return!
We promise that we will keep their memory and the memory of Ayios Epiktitos alive, and that our thoughts and concerns are towards freeing our ancestors land.

Click on the map to see enlarged the pin-point location of Agios Epiktitos.

Unless there is a just solution to the Cyprus problem that will guarantee our return to Ayios Epiktitos, our village, we will always struggle for return. With the help of God, and Saint Epiktitos, our village's protector and founder, one day we will return back to a FREE AYIOS EPIKTITOS, and a FREE CYPRUS.

The Turkish army has forced us out from our homes with the use of brutal military power.
The Turkish army has forced us out and away from our land and made us refugees in our own country.
Turkish Cypriots and Turks are now living in our houses.

People from Ayios Epiktitos were never a threat to nobody. We used to live in Ayios Epiktitos with Turkish Cypriots in peace until 1974. The Turkish army invaded Cyprus and forced us out and denies access to our beloved village since then.

We mourn, but then our mourning became anger. We never forget our land, our history and our identity. We never forget, and we will always have in our hearts, and in our thoughts the terrible injustice done to us by the Turkish army. We want Turkish opressors to know that we will never accept a solution that will not guarantee our return to Ayios Epiktitos.

AGIOS EPIKTITOS PUBLICATIONS

The following is a video from Ayios Epiktitos, our village.

Open Real Player and type: http://www.kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/epiktitos/video/epiktitos.rm
The "Lavaro" of Ayios Epiktitos which symbolizes our struggle for freedom is always present in every occasion, and every demonstration.

We protest against the Turkish invasion, and illegal occupation of Ayios Epiktitos and of 37% of Cyprus by Turkish military forces since 1974.

We struggle for the safe return of all refugees to their ancestors' lands, and for finding evidence for the fortunes of 1619* Greek-Cypriots reported missing after the 1974 Turkish invasion.

We will march back to the FREE Ayios Epiktitos with it.

This webpage was created by Christos A. Neophytou.
This webpage is currently being maintained by Thanos A. Neophytou, Manolis Hadjimanolis, Antonis Chr. Neophytou and Christos A. Neophytou.

 

The Bishop of Kyrenia Pavlos (Paul) is always present in the demonstrations made by the people of Ayios Epiktitos.

He performed the initiation liturgy in the new church of Ayios Epiktitos at Moni Limassol on Sunday, July 25th 1999 at 04:00am +0200 GMT.

The new church of Ayios Epiktitos is serviced every first Sunday of every month. 

The finished interior of the new church of Ayios Epiktitos at Moni Limassol.

 The church of Ayios Epiktitos at Moni is a replica of the church of Ayios Epiktitos in our - military-occupied-, village in Kyrenia.

The new church of Ayios Epiktitos is serviced every first Sunday of every month. 

* The number of the missing persons has been recently reduced to 1588 after the discovery of the remains of some missing persons, and using DNA identification methods. Click here for more information.


Click on the map to see Agios Epiktitos in Kyrenia district CYPRUS.

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Last updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 14:52:51 -0700 Pacific Time