THE ARMENIANS OF CYPRUS 12 Law-abiding by nature, Armenian-Cypriots always had a high profile with the British administration and many became conscientious civil servants and disciplined policemen or were employed at the Cyprus Government Railway and Cable and Wireless. Throughout the 1920s- 1950s, many worked at the asbestos mines at Amiandos and the copper mines at Mavrovouni and Skouriotissa, some of whom had been trade unionists. Some Armenian l Group photo of the first scouts of the Melkonian Educational Institute (1932). l Saint Stephen’s church in Larnaka (2009). l Commemoration ceremony for the Armenian Genocide in front of the old Genocide Monument with Bishop Ghevont Chebeyan (1948).