Cyprus service issue turns violent

Posted by Robert on August 28, 2004 8:45 AM

Someone objects to the church being used as a church. Like Hagia Sophia it has been turned into "a museum for Orthodox icons."

From [1] Kathimerini:

A bomb exploded before dawn yesterday at a Greek Orthodox church in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, causing damage but no injuries.

Officials said anti-Greek slogans were scribbled on the church. The attack followed reports in the Turkish-Cypriot press that local extremist groups had vowed to try to prevent services planned next week at the Aghios Mamas Church to celebrate its namesake’s saint’s day.


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