According to an announcement of the Support Group of Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol, 225 Ammochostinians across the pancyprian region co-sign the public statement of support for Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol[/B] for the archbishop elections, expressing their warm thanks "for his struggles and his timeless support throughout these years of our refugee status."
As they say in their statement, "all of us who live throughout the Pancyprian region know the Metropolitan of Limassol and we can assure the rest of our fellow citizens that he is the wise and generous man of love and giving. The spiritual father of us all. His pastoral work, his charitable activity and especially the word of Love that he preaches, rests thousands of souls, especially of young people, and helps them to love God."
They also point out that Metropolitan Athanasios shows "undiminished concern" for refugees and interned people, while "whenever the need arises, he does not hesitate to place himself in national dilemmas with the general good of the country in mind." They add that "it organizes cultural events dedicated to our occupied land and other national issues of concern to our nation and pays special attention to the preservation of our Spiritual and Cultural Heritage, our Orthodox Tradition and the reopening of our occupied Churches."
In conclusion, the 225 Famagustians express "our respect and support to His Eminence the Metropolitan of Limassol, and together our hopes for his contribution to the liberation of our Famagusta and all of our occupied homeland."
In conclusion, the 225 Famagustians express "our respect and support to His Eminence the Metropolitan of Limassol, and together our hopes for his contribution to the liberation of our Famagusta and all of our occupied homeland.
Below is the letter of support to Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol and the names of the 225 Famagusta residents who signed it. Athanasios for the Archbishop's Throne.
"The sea... And only when I think of your sea, Famagusta, I celebrate, and a bunch of lilies of your sandy beach are woven in my hands. Famagusta, Famagusta, Famagusta, Famagusta..."
Famagusta always travels with us, serene and majestic, dressed in its historical veils embroidered with the broken columns of Salamis and the sacred ruins of Egomi, spread out on its golden sea that held a promising future for us. We carry within us Famagusta, those of us who have lived our lives 'para thin' alos'; there in the sea of Famagusta with its white lilies and sea memories. We, who have walked its wide avenues, tracing its historical moments, windy echoes from the depths of the centuries, sometimes taking the form of Tefcros or Evagoras and sometimes of Pnytagoras, "of Salamis, they say, who was a king", sing of our lemon-blossoming city, still fragrant in its perpetual spring.
We always return there, to our city, we the descendants of Salaminian Onesilos, who "in the year 1974 we arrived, persecuted by enemies and settled in Amathus". We cross the threshold of our house again and again, we hear the voice of our teachers in the classrooms of the schools, in the First Gymnasium of Famagusta, in the Second Gymnasium of Famagusta, in the Girls' Gymnasium of Famagusta...∙ We walk along the bustling Republic Avenue towards the Lyceum of Greek Women and the Public Garden, we light a candle in the church of Agios Nikolaos and our prayer rises like incense to the Lord, an evening sacrifice; as if we never left our city, chased by the Turkish invaders who tried to murder our souls.
For it is true that when you are uprooted from your home you look like a barren earth, your face scarred by violence and the pain of loss, you have no more sky to hang your dreams on. When you are violently uprooted from the land of your fathers, you look like a feather blown about by the wind, and then you seek a place to light a candle and whisper a few words of prayer, waiting patiently for the time of your return.
All of us Famagusta citizens who live all over the Pancyprian region know the Metropolitan of Limassol and we can assure the rest of our fellow citizens that the Metropolitan of Limassol is the wise and gentle man of love and giving. The spiritual father of us all. His pastoral work, his charitable activity and especially the word of Love that he preaches rests thousands of souls, especially of young people, and helps them to love God.
As he often proclaims: "What is the purpose for which we do what we do in the Church? Christ. That is our motivation, the love of Christ for every person." Having this Love as a constant pillar, His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol manages to listen to the souls, to feel the pain and problems of our fellow human beings. With his spiritual guidance, all the work of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol is aimed at the fairy tale of the people. Among them are the refugees and the interned, for whom his interest is undiminished, his concern for our occupied homeland and its future is evident. Whenever the need arises, he does not hesitate to take a stand on national dilemmas for the general good of the country. He organizes cultural events dedicated to our occupied land and other national issues of concern to our nation and pays special attention to the preservation of our Spiritual and Cultural Heritage, our Orthodox Tradition and the reopening of our occupied Churches.
We thank him warmly for his struggles and his timeless support throughout these years of our exile.
We, the below mentioned Ammochothians, express our respect and support to His Eminence the Metropolitan of Limassol, and together we express our hopes for his contribution to the liberation of our Famagusta and all of our occupied homeland.
We, the below mentioned Ammochothians, express our respect and support to His Eminence the Metropolitan of Limassol, and together we express our hopes for his contribution to the liberation of our Famagusta and our occupied homeland. Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol is watching and praying for all Cyprus.
Signed by. 1. Alexandros Galanos (Economist)
3. Petros Ptochopoulos (Painter)
4. Christalla Giorkatzi (Former Governor of the Central Bank and Auditor General of the Republic)
5. Margarita Hamboulla (Kindergarten teacher)
6 . Kyriakos Barris (Teacher)
7 . Paraskevas Kyriakidis (Businessman)
8 . Polyvios Rialas (Former Director of Income Tax)
9 . Christina Dermosoniadou (Private Employee)
10 . Akis Lordos (Entrepreneur)
11 . Sotiris H''Kakou (Travel Agent)
12 . Flora Georgiou (Former Municipal Councillor)
13 . Irini Madoles (Teacher)
14 . Evmorfia Papandreou (Trapped)
15 . Eleni Anastasiou (Businesswoman)
16 . Andreas Anastasiou (Businessman)
18 . Socrates Hadjikyriakos (Businessman)
19 . Marianna Sotiriou (Lawyer)
20 . Christina Kakkura Kelepessii (Travel Agent)
21 . Eugenios Hamboullas (Businessman)
22 . Kyriakos Kureas (Former football player of Nea Salamina)
23 . Ariana Papadopoulou (Businesswoman)
24 . George Mavratsa (Insurer)
25 . Yasoumis Simitras (Former Nicosia Olympiacos footballer)
26 . Sophocles Antorkas (Former Anorthosis footballer)
27 . Christakis V. Papavasileiou (Businessman)
28 . Despo Andreou Charalambous (Mayor of Kofinou)
29 . Olga Fiala Demosthenous (Tour guide)
30 . Maria Keliri Ioannidou (Former Teacher)
31 . Anastasia Hadjitheodosiou (Bank Manager)
32 . Protopresbyter Kyriakos Rigas
33 . Theodosis Lysandris (Shipping)
34 . Kyriakos Sofokleous (Businessman)
35 . Fanis Kaoutzianis (Radiologist)
36 . Sotiris Pittas (Lawyer)
37 . Thekla Mavroudi (Private Employee)
38 . Efthimios Prezas (Public Employee)
39 . Stelios Ioannou (Businessman)
40 . Protopresbyter Prokopios Prokopiou
41 . Despo Ioannou (Businesswoman)
42 . Sotiris Netiatis (Contractor)
43 . Markos Trangolas (Former Director of the Fire Service)
44 . Christos Tinis (Private Employee)
45 . Katie Vrahimi (Optician)
46 . Koula Drakoudi Moaimi (Private Employee)
47 . Nadia H''Kostis (Optician)
48 . Christodoulos Neophytou (Businessman)
49 . Antonios Vrahimis (Optician)
50 . Christiana Mylonas (Former Famagusta Town Councillor)
51 . Takis Papas (Former Head of Famagusta Water Supply)
52 . Chryso Tsokku Papayeveltontos (Businesswoman)
53 . Giorgulla Patera (Teacher)
54 . Elena Konstantinidou Lourutziatis (Patient Services Representative at the German Oncology Centre)
55 . Pissa Tabourla (Insurance)
56 . Kostas Christofi (Military)
57 . Agapios Stavrou (Lawyer)
58 . Konstantinos Pouyiuros (Doctor)
59 . Michalakis Ioannou (Former Director of Banking Operations of the Cooperative Central Bank)
60 . Akis Puros (Medical Doctor)
61 . Michalakis Stergidis (Businessman)
62 . Zavos Michalis (Businessman)
63 . Zavos Dimitrakis (Businessman)
64 . George H''Kyriakos (SPECTUS WINE)
65 . Dimitris Papageorgiou (Real Estate Valuer)
66 . Protopresbyter Theocharis Theocharous
67 . Monica Patriotis (Decorator)
68 . Menelaos Darnas (Businessman)
69 . Sofianou Kyriaki Pavlou (Civil Servant)
70 . Economos Iakovos Panagiotou
71 . Economos Ilias Papailias
72 . Kostas Kasinos (Businessman)
73 . Pitsillos Kyprianos Andreou (Public Employee)
74 . Aggonas Sergios (Public Employee)
75 . Spyridakis Dimitris (Businessman)
76 . Michalis Hatzigiannis (Intergaz Employee)
77 . Artemis Artemiou (Insurance Consultant)
78 . Christoforos Keliris (Writer)
79 . Papamichael Marina (Private Employee)
80 . Irini Konstantis Chrysanthou (Rikka) (Housewife)
81 . Protopresbyter Andreas Kakoulis
82 . Georgios Stavris (International Advisory Services of States and Organizations)
83 . Archimandrite Tychon Andreou
84 . Toula Pitsillidou Papagianni (Housewife)
85 . Riana H''Menikou (Professor of Painting)
87 . Chrysostomos Adamides (Accountant Auditor)
88 . Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (Business Consultant)
89 . Antonis Constantinou (Sports Agent)
90 . Archimandrite Filotheos Kapillas (Director of the Radio Station of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol)
91 . Nikos Protopapas (Factory Manager)
92 . Marios Savvidis (Entrepreneur, TRAVEL EXPRESS.)
93 . Pantelis Keliris (Former Vice-Rector of the Technological University)
94 . Themis Themistokleous (Chemical Oenologist)
95 . Phoebus Filaktou (Accountant Auditor)
96 . Evi Nestoros (Business Consultant)
97 . Stelios Stylianidis (Placer)
98 . Anna Tziovanis (Municipal Employee of Ayia Napa)
99 . Sotiroula Menikou (School Director)
100 . George Zervidis (School Director)
101 . George Xioufaridis (School Director)
102 . Michael Damianidis (School Director)
103 . Ioannis Loizou (School Director)
104 . Archimandrite Isaac Panteli (Archdeacon of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol)
105 . Irini Nikolaidou (School Director)
106 . Dimitra Komodromou (School Director)
107 . Antonis Saranti (Private Employee)
108 . Pavlos Moktaroudis (Teacher)
109 . Anastasia Angeli (Pediatrician. Former Director of the Pediatric Clinic of Limassol Hospital)
110 . Efrosini Tryfonidou (Educator)
111 . Marina Tryfonidou (Public Employee)
112 . Angelos Angelides (Dentist)
113 . Athena Riala (Gallerists)
116 . Nitsa Saranti (Private Employee)
117 . Lefkios Eleftheriou (Public Employee)
118 . Andreas Kyriakou (Foreman)
119 . Irini Pourgouri (Banker)
120 . Protopresbyter Stylianos Konstantinou
121 . Petros Kontos (Ex-Anorthosis footballer)
122 . Nikos Fidikidis (Findix businessman)
123 . Nikolas Psaltis (Businessman)
124 . Zacharias Poullis (Civil Engineer)
125 . Nikitas Pitsillidis (Goldsmith)
126 . Marios Kontos (Former Anorthosis player)
127 . Lalla Pasha (Private Employee)
128 . Konstantinos Nikolaou (Private Employee)
129 . Yannis Zambas (Lawyer)
130 . Yannis Athanasiou (Chartered Accountant Auditor)
131 . Elder Savvas Evagorou
132 . Niki Christou (Private Employee)
133 . Andreas Petrou (Banker)
134 . Andreas Kaoulas (Banker)
135 . Christoforos Ioannou (Lawyer)
136 . Chrystalla Koutsou (Teacher)
137 . Michael Michael Michael (Businessman Ikodomia)
138 . Protopresbyter Panteleimon Dalitis
139 . Nicholas Kyriakou (Delnikol)
140 . Panagiotis Paschalis (Developer)
141 . Dr. Emily Ioannidou Markidou (University Professor)
142 . Eleni Livadiotou (Confectioner)
143 . Tasos Konstantinou (Planter)
144 . Maria Fiacka Berou (Private Employee)
145 . Nicolas Prezas (Entrepreneur)
146 . Andreas Nikolaou (Port Worker)
147 . Stelios Papapanagidis (Port Authority)
148 . Persephone Lambi Agisilaou (Entrepreneur)
149 . Iliana Loizidou (Educator)
150 . Protopresbyter Nektarios Panteli
151 . Theodosis Papanikolaou (Businessman)
152 . Eleftheria Stergidi (Secretary)
153 . Protopresbyter Marios Ttofalidis
154 . Dimitris Mavroudis (Civil Engineer)
155 . Protopresbyter Ioannis Kkais
156 . Protopresbyter Ioannis Ioannidis
157 . Ioannis Zakos (Insurer)
158 . Nikolas Morfitis (Banker)
159 . Marios Georgiadis (Banker)
160 . Eleftheriou Petros Konstantis (Driving School)
161 . Loria Kanna Chrysostomou (Private Employee)
162 . Markos Michael Markou (Public Employee)
163 . Archimandrite Chrysostomos Konstantinou
164 . Tasos Karantonis (Electronics)
165 . Apostolis Kapillas (Cyprus Telecommunications Authority)
166 . Georgios Koutsoftas (Petrol Distributor)
167 . Nikos Kyriakou (Private Employee)
168 . Eugenia Karapataki (Singer)
169 . Evmorfia Theodoulou (Kindergarten teacher)
170 . Giorgos Papakostas (Architect)
171 . Myro Theocharous (Civil Servant)
172 . Haris Kyriakou (Shoe Company Manager)
173 . Maria Michael Tziofa (Accountant)
174 . Elena Toumazi (Writer)
175 . Stella Pantelidou (Housewife)
176 . Irini Stefanou (Housewife)
177 . Cornelios Tzionis (Private Employee)
178 . Eleftheria Mosseos (Private Employee)
179 . Pantelis Panteli (Police Officer)
180 . Emilia Panteli Theodoulou (Civil Servant)
181 . Anna Karapataki (Lawyer)
182 . Andreas Karapatakis (Lawyer)
183 . Dimitra Kalli (Teacher)
184 . Michalis Thaddeos (Businessman)
185 . Adelaida Papageorgiou (Writer-Poet)
186 . Marios Savva (President of the Youth Association of Agios Andronikos Karpasia)
187 . Giannos Timotheou (Foreman)
188 . Fotini Timotheou Alexopoulou (Photographer)
189 . Panagiotis Liasis (Theologian)
190 . Gabriel Touloupis (Private Employee)
191 . Michael Hailis (Banker)
192 . Nicholas Papachristodoulou (Agronomist)
193 . Andreas Paraskeva (Private Clerk)
194 . Mikis Palmyris (Customs clearance agent)
195 . Despo Stergidou (French teacher)
196 . Andreas Pouyiuros (Businessman)
197 . Michael Antoniou (Goldsmith)
198 . Panagiota Ioannou (Professor)
199 . Irene Christodoulides (Banker)
200 . Marios Michael (Doctor)
201 . Marios Panteli (Forestry Officer)
202 . Stella Gregoriou (Philologist)
203 . Michael Smyrnios (Insurer)
204 . Katerina Myrizi (Nurse)
205 . Andreas Ilias Chrysostomou (Businessman)
206 . Chrysanthi Mavratsa (Private Employee)
207 . Andreas Vrahimis (Entrepreneur)
208 . Onoufrios Papakostas (Civil Engineer)
210 . Simeon and Evdokia Sergiou (Civil Servants)
211 . Callisthenes Christofi (Hospital Ward Assistant)
212 . George Skordis (Assistant District Post Office Manager)
213 . Pantelis Sotiriou (Businessman)
214 . Photios Fotiou (Architect)
215 . Panayiotis Skarparis (Businessman)
216 . Angela Stergidou (Private Employee)
217 . Eleni Hadjicharalambous (Housewife)
221 . Athena Zaura (Trapped)
222 . Flora & Pantelis Panteli (Trapped)
223. Panagiotis A. Demetriou (Entrepreneur)
224. Andreas Latzias (Insurer)
225. Markos Skitinis (Travel Agent)
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