The Maronites of Cyprus

THE MARONITES OF CYPRUS 32 23 May 2009 Archbishops Boutros Gemayel and Youssef Soueif inaugurate the park of the Virgin Mary; they unveil the statue of the Virgin Mary in the courtyard of the Virgin Mary church in Kormakitis. 9 May 2010 Archbishop Youssef Soueif and Anastasios P. Leventis inaugurate the ecclesiastical museum in Kormakitis. 5 June 2010 Pope Benedict XVI unveils a commemorative plaque on the occasion of his visit to “Saint Maron” Elementary School in Anthoupolis. 6 June 2010 Pope Benedict XVI unveils a commemorative plaque on the occasion of his visit to the Virgin Mary of Graces cathedral in Nicosia. 17 July 2010 For the first time since the 1974 invasion, Holy Mass is celebrated at the occupied Saint Marina church in Ayia Marina Skyllouras. 1 May 2011 Karpasha Holy Cross Youth club President Joseph Kokkinos inaugurates the association's clubhouse in Nicosia. 22 May 2011 Antonis Haji Roussos is re-elected Maronite Representative, securing 33,28 percent of the votes. 11 February 2012 Representative Antonis Haji Roussos, Alessandra Viezzer (EU Project Support Office) and Tiziana Zennaro (UNDP-PFF) inaugurate the Kormakitis Folkloric Museum. 11 February 2012 The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, unveils a sculpture memorialising the arrival of the first inhabitants of Kormakitis from Kour, in Lebanon, in the Kormakitis village square; he also unveils a commemorative plaque on the occasion of his visit to Saint George cathedral. 12 February 2012 The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, lays the foundation stone for the church of the Virgin Mary in Marki. 13 February 2012 The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, unveils a commemorative plaque on the occasion of his visit to Saint Sharbel church in Limassol.