Tag: UNDP

Restoration of Virgin Mary church in occupied Trachoni completed

OCP- December 12, 2013

FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE - 12 /12/ 13 The completion of the restored church of Virgin Mary in the occupied village of Trachoni has been marked with ... Read More

Cultural SOS

OCP- November 30, 2013

Cyprus- 30/11/13 Politicians from both sides of the divide agreed yesterday that urgent action needs to be taken to restore the threatened cultural heritage of ... Read More

Apostolos Andreas restoration deal signed

OCP- September 19, 2013

19/9/13 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed on Tuesday two contribution agreements with the Church of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot religious foundation Evkaf, ... Read More

Church ready to pay up for monastery restoration

OCP- April 11, 2013

10/4/13 THE CHURCH of Cyprus is ready to pay to restore the crumbling Apostolos Andreas monastery in the occupied Karpas peninsula, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said ... Read More

Historic day for Apostolos Andreas

OCP- February 7, 2013

February 2013 RESTORATION WORK on the dilapidated monastery of Apostolos Andreas in the Karpas peninsula will finally begin after an agreement was signed yesterday between ... Read More

Illegal Lease of Armenian Church in Occupied Cyprus Revoked

OCP- February 7, 2013

7/2/13 NICOSIA—Officials at Near East University in Occupied Cyprus announced that they were backtracking from the illegal lease of the historic 14th St. Mary’s Church ... Read More

Archbishop: Apostolos Andreas belongs to us

OCP- January 16, 2013

16/1/13 THE ARCHBISHOP yesterday reasserted his readiness to let the historic Apostolos Andreas Monastery in occupied Karpasia collapse rather than sign onto any plan that ... Read More

UNDP restorers dismayed by plans for historic Armenian church

OCP- November 10, 2012

10/11/2012 An organization for religious foundations in the north has leased an historic and beautifully restored Armenian site through an unfair and opaque tender procedure, ... Read More

CYPRUS: Saint Andreas monastery held hostage to time

OCP- November 5, 2012

5/11/2012 The road leading to the monastery of Saint Andreas has been abandoned to the elements since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. In the ... Read More