THE ARMENIANS OF CYPRUS 25 The following associations operate within Homenetmen-AYMA’s club house: • The Armenian National Committee of Cyprus (1965). • The Armenian Youth Federation of Cyprus (1977). • The “Azadamard” Armenian Youth Centre (1985). • The Armenian Relief Society of Cyprus (also known as HOM, “Sosse” chapter, 1988). • The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association of Cyprus (“Oshagan” chapter, 1999). The community has a football academy (Homenetmen-AYMA: 2011), futsal (AGBU-Ararat: 1999) and bowling (Homenetmen-AYMA: 2011) teams, dancing groups (Sipan: 2000 and Ani: 2016), a junior dance school (Nanor: 2008), a theatre company (Timag: 2000), the 77th Scout Group of Cyprus (Homenetmen-AYMA: established in 1959 and re-constituted in 2014), the Sourp Asdvadzadzin church choir (1921) and the Sourp Asdvadzadzin children’s church choir (2011). There is also the Kalaydjian Foundation (Larnaka: 1984) and the Pharos Arts Foundation (Nicosia: 1998). The Kalaydjian Foundation manages the Kalaydjian Rest Home for the Elderly (Nicosia: 1988), which also houses Greek-Cypriot elderly. Finally, the charitable “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund operates in Cyprus as well (1995, re-organised in 2009). Various charity, cultural, educational and social events are organised, such as fund-raisers/bazaars, art/book exhibitions, dancing/theatre performances, camps/excursions in Cyprus and abroad, as well as lectures and commemoration ceremonies regarding Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Diaspora and the Armenian Genocide. l The Kalaydjian Rest Home for the Elderly (2012).