The Maronites of Cyprus

THE MARONITES OF CYPRUS 13 represented in the House of Representatives by an elected Representative (Law 12/1965). The Maronites were only slightly affected during the 1963-1964 inter-communal clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots; among the community’s minimal ● The 15th century wooden cross, which is kept at the Holy Cross church in Karpasha. ● Photograph from the 2007 pilgrimage to the ruined Monastery of Prophet Elias. ● Visit of Lady Sylvia Foot at Kormakitis School for Girls (1959). casualties of the conflict was the Maronite church of the Virgin Mary in the village of Kambyli, which was seized and converted into a grocery store. However, the Maronite community sustained a serious blow as a result of the 1974 Turkish invasion: all Maronite villages were occupied by the invaders, rendering 80