On the Konstanz, sailing from
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CONGRATULATIONS
FOR THEIR COURAGE AND ETHICAL INTEGRITY, AND FOR THEIR |
A
new flag
for
CYPRUS
THE
COLORS OF
CYPRUS
THE ORDER
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A magnificent international event took place on June 10, 1990, when over a hundred participants from various countries—Ladies of Saint Helen, Knights of Saint Constantine, and honored guests—boarded an elegant craft on an all-day cruise around Lake Konstanz to celebrate with a luncheon, festivities, and a cake-cutting ceremony the honor of Cyprus and its Colors. Nothing could have been more appropriate on that occasion than that the Order of Constantine the Great and Helen sail at Lake Konstanz on board the ship Konstanz. The credit for the accomplishment went to the German Knights and Ladies.
The event became even more memorable with the participation of the public that came in large numbers at every port to witness the colorful and dignified processions of the Order. The activities commenced at the Bayerischer Hof and at the plaza in front of that hotel in Lindau, Germany—beginning and ending point of the cruise.
In addition to the fifteen-piece band of the Order, each port city participated with its own band in a marvelous musical array, including the National Anthems of Cyprus and of the corresponding countries visited. The Mayors of each city also made their appearance, extending Keys to the City and like honors, and invitations for champaigne toasts on board adjacent ships docked at their port. Towns involved were Lindau; Bregenz, Austria; and Rorschach, Switzerland.
On the
Konstanz,
sailing from
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H.E. Costas Papademas
(Center) H.I.R.H.
Prince Theodore IX
Ambassador of Cyprus
(Right) H.I.R.H. Princess Gabriela
in Bonn, Germany
(Left) Lady Evangeline Karras, O.S.H.
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[The following is not
glorify aggressiveness of any rapacious and illegal
force against a people.
The
The ominous northern sunrise
sheds light on the Truth about Cyprus.
Singular Governance and insular Independence.
NEW BYZANTIUM February 2003
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(a perfect personal fit in his perceived environment).
passport-documented donkeys in response!
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The Constantinian-Helenian Order
in Cyprus
ALWAYS HOPE
Mr. Eugene Rossides, Founder, American Hellenic Institute (left);
Dr. Mark A. C. Karras
and Dr. Ted Lyras (right).
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The occupation of Cyprus by Turkish forces in 1974 caused a terrible tragedy to the rich cultural heritage and the cultural identity of northern Cyprus. Not only all Greek names were changed, but all testimonies to the ancient Greek culture were eliminated, churches and monasteries were desecrated, pillaged, destroyed and left to decay. Tombstones were smashed, archaeological sites ravaged, and art objects from heritage places such as countless icons, frescoes and mosaics were taken away to end up in the illicit trade of antiquities. [emphasis added]
The extent of this sale of cultural heritage in northern Cyprus is shown by the crime story of the art dealer Aydin Dikman who was arrested in Munich in 1997:
Following the occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish forces in 1974, looters stripped the region's churches, removing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 icons, several dozens of major frescoes and mosaics dating from the sixth to the fifteenth century, and thousands of chalices, wooden carvings, crucifixes and Bibles. Efforts by the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus have resulted in the return of some of these objects, but the majority remains lost. A major breakthrough came this past October, when Munich police arrested 60-year-old Aydin Dikman after he was videotaped selling stolen goods. The arrest was made possible by the co-operation of Dikman's former client, Dutch art dealer Michel van Rijn. In apartments rented by Dikman, police found frescoes, mosaics and icons estimated to be worth more than $40 million. The artworks were taken to the Bavarian National Museum for evaluation, while Dikman was taken to prison.
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http://www.hr-action.org/chr/heritage00.html.
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UN-Annan Plan fails
US&Cyprus
[includes more News Releases]
THE GOOD NEWS
[Greek Embassy, Los Angeles Press Office],
September 9, 2003.)
Cyprus FM [Foreign Minister] Iacovou satisfied with three-year extension of US Import restriction, NICOSIA, 09/09/03 (CNA/ANA).
Cyprus Foreign Ministry has expressed satisfaction with the decision of the American government to extend for three years an import restriction on Byzantine ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological material from Cyprus, unless such material is accompanied by an export permit issued by the government of the Republic of Cyprus.
In a press release on Monday the ministry said the categories of Byzantine ritual and ecclesiastical ethnological material subject to the import restriction include objects of metal, wood, ivory and bone, textiles, stone (mosaics) and frescos. They range in date from approximately the 4th century AD through approximately the 15th century AD.
The ministry said the restriction first went into effect in April 1999 in response to a request from the government of the Republic of Cyprus seeking protection of its cultural heritage under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
The three-year extension of the
restriction is the maximum allowable by US law, the press release concluded.
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