For years now it has been known that in the occupied Cypriot territories our churches have been destroyed and looted.
The Turkish Cypriots who live in these areas said that the Turkish soldiers in 1974 were those who destroyed the holy temples and sold out everything and that the Turkish settlers were responsible for what has been happening there to this day. Sadly, the Turkish settlers do not respect these sacred places.
Greek population lived in the small village of Chrysiliou, which is now called “Yuvacik”, until 1974. Tourguide Maro Dimitriadou arrived there a few days ago.
This was an unpleasant surprise for her and, therefore, she was shocked from what she saw: The church of the Savior, as the Greek Cypriots called it when they lived there, had been turned into a morgue and a garbage dump at the same time.
There was nothing but dumped coffins, garbage, grass, and dirt. The frescoes had been destroyed and the interior and exterior of the church had suffered huge damage.
Maro Dimitriadou’s post was shared with several refugee groups and some users reported that the site was indeed used as a morgue butiit was no longer the case. However, there is a cemetery nearby with many Greek graves.
Source: pontosnews.gr
