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Sourp Haroutiun Chapel, Nicosia
Sourp Haroutiun () is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia, Cyprus. The chapel is located in Nicosia's second Armenian cemetery to the west of Ayios Dhometios and it was built in 1938 by rich businessman Haroutiun Bohdjalian, who was later buried in this cemetery. The cemetery has been in use as a burial place since February 1931. In 1963, the remains of about 100 persons exhumed from the ancient Armenian cemetery near the Ledra Palace were re-located here and buried in a mass grave. In 1974, following the Turkish invasion, the cemetery and its chapel fell within the UN buffer zone and very near the cease-fire line. As a result, no Liturgies have been held there since 1974 and, until 2007, visits were allowed on one Sunday per month (it was later increased to two Sundays per month). Thanks to the efforts of Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian, since 2007 visits are allowed every Sunday noon. The cemetery was cleared and restored by the UNDP in 2005, and the canopy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayios Dhometios
Ayios Dhometios ( or ; ) is a suburb located west of the Cypriot capital Nicosia. It has a population of 12,456 (2011 census) making it one of Cyprus's biggest municipalities. There is also a population of 2,314 (in 2011) within the area of Ayios Dhometios under Turkish control.Census organised by the Turkish Cypriots in the occupied area retrieved October 2013 Since 2003 and the opening of the checkpoint, Agios Dometios is the site of the island's most important checkpoint in Cyprus, through which thousands of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots pass over the line every day. History Ayios Dhometios, has existed since ancient times as a small village, located 4 kilometres west of Nicosia. Mention of Ayios Dhometios comes from as early as the Franks era ( Lusignan Period 1191–1489). The town is named after St. Dometios of Persia who originated from Persia in the 4th century AD and who became Christian later in his life. He lived in a cave in Mesopotamia and converted many peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicosia
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capital of Cyprus since the 10th century. It is the last divided capital in Europe; three years after Cyprus gained independence from British rule in 1960, the Bloody Christmas conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots triggered intercommunal violence, and Nicosia's Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities segregated into its south and north respectively in 1964. A decade later, Turkey invaded Cyprus following Greece's successful attempt to take over the island. The leaders of the takeover would later step down, but the dividing line running through Nicosia (and the rest of the island, interrupted only briefly by British military bases) became a demilitarised zone that remains under the control of Cyprus while heavil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sourp Haroutiun
Sourp Haroutiun () is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia, Cyprus. The chapel is located in Nicosia's second Armenian cemetery to the west of Ayios Dhometios and it was built in 1938 by rich businessman Haroutiun Bohdjalian, who was later buried in this cemetery. The cemetery has been in use as a burial place since February 1931. In 1963, the remains of about 100 persons exhumed from the ancient Armenian cemetery near the Ledra Palace were re-located here and buried in a mass grave. In 1974, following the Turkish invasion, the cemetery and its chapel fell within the UN buffer zone and very near the cease-fire line. As a result, no Liturgies have been held there since 1974 and, until 2007, visits were allowed on one Sunday per month (it was later increased to two Sundays per month). Thanks to the efforts of Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian, since 2007 visits are allowed every Sunday noon. The cemetery was cleared and restored by the UNDP in 2005, and the canopy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ledra Palace
The Ledra Palace Hotel is located in central Nicosia, Cyprus, and until 1974 was one of the largest and most glamorous hotels of the capital. The hotel was designed by the German Jewish architect Benjamin Günsberg and was built between 1947 and 1949 by Cyprus Hotels Limited at a cost of approx £240,000 Cyprus pounds on what was then called King Edward VII Street, since 1962 Markos Drakos Avenue. The hotel opened on 8 October 1949 in the presence of British Governor Sir Andrew Wright and Vice Mayor of Nicosia George Poulios. It originally had 94 bedrooms and 150 beds, officially rated as de luxe. All rooms had hot and cold water, central heating and a telephone. Facilities included a conference room, reading room, bridge room, and ballroom with orchestra. There were two restaurants, two bars and a café. Located within the garden was a swimming pool (which was installed in 1964), paddling pool, children's playground and tennis courts. The hotel had two additional floors added i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and in response to a 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état five days earlier, it led to the Turkish Military occupation, capture and occupation of the northern part of the island. The coup was ordered by the Greek junta, military junta in Greece and staged by the Cypriot National Guard in conjunction with EOKA B. It deposed the Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III and installed Nikos Sampson. The aim of the coup was the Enosis, union (''enosis'') of Cyprus with Greece, and the Hellenic Republic of Cyprus to be declared. The Battle of Pentemili beachhead, Turkish forces landed in Cyprus on 20 July and captured 3% of the island before a ceasefire was declared. The Greek military junta collapsed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vartkes Mahdessian
Vartkes Mahdessian (Armenian: Վարդգէս Մահտեսեան, Greek: Βαρτκές Μαχτεσιάν) is a businessman in Nicosia, Cyprus, managing two companies in Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates and the Representative of the Armenian community in the Cyprus House of Representatives since 2006. Biography Vartkes Mahdessian was born in Nicosia, Cyprus on 13 November 1950. After graduating from the Melikian-Ouzounian School and the English School in 1970, he received his Business Administration diploma from Hatfield Polytechnic and then a master's degree in management in 1974. His professional career began in 1975 with an Italian-Greek cable manufacturer as Area Manager for Iran. In 1978 he moved to the United Arab Emirates, first as Marketing Manager, then as Managing Director and shareholder of International Cable Corporation, a post that he still holds by conducting regular visits to the region. In 1986 he returned permanently to Cyprus and acquired ownership of Troo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians In Cyprus
Armenian Cypriots (; ; ) are the ethnic Armenian population native to Cyprus. The Armenian-Cypriot community has had a significant impact upon the Armenian people as a whole despite its low numbers. During the Middle Ages, Cyprus had an extensive connection with the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, while the Ganchvor monastery had an important presence in Famagusta. During the Ottoman Era, the Virgin Mary church and the Magaravank were very prominent. Certain Armenian Cypriots were or are very prominent on a Panarmenian or international level and the survivors of the Armenian genocide have co-operated and co-existed peacefully with the Turkish Cypriots. Currently, Armenian-Cypriots maintain a notable presence of about 4,000 on the island (including about 1,500 non-Cypriot Armenians), mostly centred on the capital Nicosia, but also with communities in Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos. The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus is located in Nicosia. According to the 1960 Constitution of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Prelature Of Cyprus
Armenian Prelature of Cyprus () is one of the oldest Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside the historic Armenian territories, and the oldest one under the jurisdiction of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia. It was established in 973 AD and currently has around 4,000 followers, comprising around 95% of the Armenians in Cyprus. The seat of the Prelature is the Holy Mother of God cathedral in Nicosia. The Prelature building is situated next to the cathedral, on 47 Armenia street, Strovolos, Nicosia. Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian is currently the Catholicosal Vicar, appointed on 19 July 2024. Archbishop Gomidas arrived in Cyprus on 1st August 2024. The Prelature has Facebook page(created in 2014), and also publishes an annual newsletter, titled «Լրատու» (Newsletter, since 2017). History The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus was established in 973 by Catholicos Khatchig I and ever since it has maintained a continuous presence on the island. In the years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapels In Cyprus
A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common type of these. Second, a chapel is a place of worship, sometimes interfaith, that is part of a building, complex, or vessel with some other main purpose, such as a school, college, hospital, palace or large aristocratic house, castle, barracks, prison, funeral home, hotel, airport, or military or commercial ship. Third, chapels are small places of worship, built as satellite sites by a church or monastery, for example in remote areas; these are often called a chapel of ease. A feature of all these types is that often no clergy are permanently resident or specifically attached to the chapel. For historical reasons, ''chapel'' is also often the term used by independent or nonconformist deno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Diaspora In Cyprus
Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the world * Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) People * ''Armenyan'', also spelled ''Armenian'' in the Western Armenian language, an Armenian surname **Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia **Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer **Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Others * SS ''Armenian'', a ship torpedoed in 1915 See also * * Armenia (other) Armenia is a country in the South Caucasus region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
