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The Greek
Orthodox churh of Ayias (Santa) Anastasias is in the yard of the Second
Greek Elementary school in the parish of Ayias (Santa) Anastasias, in now
occupied Lapithos. Photo taken BEFORE the 1974 Barbaric Turkish invasion
against CYPRUS. You can see the original condition of the school.
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All Greek
Orthodox cemeteries in Lapithos have been destroyed by barbarian Turks.
Not even the dead can spare from the wrath and hate of barbarian Turkish
extremists. Turkish
militants have been looting and destroying EVERYTHING Greek from the
Occupied areas of Cyprus in an effort to change the demographics of
occupied areas of Cyprus and claim that this ancient Greek land, is
turkish!!!
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Turkish-Cypriot
newspapers AFRIKA and YENIDUZEN (30.05.02) report that the Greek
cemetery in the occupied village of Lapithos has been destroyed with the
permission of the occupation regime.
Under the banner front-page title "Disrespect", YENIDUZEN writes
that the cemetery "has been leveled to the ground".
AFRIKA refers to the issue both in its front page and in its inside pages
and publishes also four pictures where the broken crosses, the stones of
the cemetery and a ruined church are seen.
The paper writes that the person, who is responsible for the ruin says
that he did this with the permission of the so-called "Ministry of
Foreign Affairs". The above-mentioned person is Turgay Cager who
sometime ago bought land next to the cemetery and began to build a house.
With time he saw that the cemetery "was not a good view", writes
AFRIKA and on 28 November 2001 he made an application to the so-called
"Ministry" to permit him to "clean" the cemetery and
the church, which is inside it. The "Ministry" gave him a
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Δήμος Λαπήθου
- Σύληση
Εκκλησίας
Αγίου Μάμα
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ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ,Κύπρος,30/05/2002
(ΚΥΠΕ)
Ο
Δήμαρχος
Λαπήθου Αθως
Ελευθερίου
καταγγέλει με
αποτροπιασμό
τη νέα
"προκλητική
και
απαράδεκτη
σύληση" που
έγινε στο
νεκροταφείο
και την εκκλησία
του Αγίου Μάμα
στη Λάπηθο και
καλεί τα
Ηνωμένα Εθνη
και την Ευρωπαική
Ενωση "όπως
έστω και τώρα
ενεργήσουν
άμεσα προς το
κατοχικό
καθεστώς
για να
σταματήσει η
σύληση των
θρησκευτικών
μας μνημείων
και της
πολιτιστικής
μας
κληρονομιάς".
Σε
ανακοίνωση
του κ.
Ελευθερίου
αναφέρει πως η
ενέργεια του
ψευδοδημοτικού
συμβουλίου
της
κατεχόμενης
Λαπήθου, να
καταστρέψει
το νεκροταφείο,
για να
ανοικοδομήσει
την έπαυλη του,
είναι
καταδικαστέα
και
θα
καταγγελθεί
σε όλα τα
αρμόδια
όργανα των
Ηνωμένων
Εθνών και
της
Ευρωπαϊκής
Ενωσης. "Με
παρόμοιο
τρόπο
ενήργησαν για
το
νεκροταφείο
της
Αϊρκώτισσας,
με την
εκκλησία της
Αγίας
Αναστασίας,
την οποία
μετέτρεψαν σε
ξενοδοχείο
και
τη λεηλασία
όλων των
εκκλησιών μας",
προστίθεται
στην
ανακοίνωση.
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The
interior of the Greek Orthodox Churh of Apostle Loukas in Lapithos. The
Church is looted, all icons are STOLEN, sold in foreign markets, OR
destroyed, the floors are removed, and the whole condition of the church
is terrible. ALL SIX Churches of Lapithos have been looted and desicrated
by Turkish barbarians.
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The
intersection of
Φιλελλήνων and
Ελλάδος streets (1990). Lapithos
today is inhabited by 2,000-2,500 people, either Turkish Cypriots from
Paphos, or illegal settlers from Turkey. The roards are in bad condition
although they were fixed a little bit recently.
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