Newsletter

19th April 2021

Dear Latins,

Exhibition “The Latins of Larnaca”
Due to the restrictive measures and general concerns concerning the spread of Covid-19, the way of presenting this exhibition has been changed.

Instead of staging the exhibition as initially planned at the Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery in March 2021, we created a series of short documentary videos which cover the same theme.
I wish to thank the Phivos Stavrides Foundation – Larnaka Archives as well as its Director, Dr Iosif Hadjikyriakos, for the excellent collaboration we enjoyed in this project.

Starting from the last week of April, a new video of the series will be uploaded weekly on the internet on the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/latincatholicsofcy

Publication “The Latins of Cyprus”
The publication of the exhibition “The Latins of Cyprus” by the House of Representatives is now ready in three languages (Greek, English and Italian).

The publication covers the exhibition of the same name which was hosted at Castelliotissa Hall in Nicosia in Oct 2019 and which was re-created in Limassol at “Plevsis Hall” in the old harbour square of Limassol over the summer 2020.
The publication is available online in all 3 languages at http://www.parliament.cy/εκδόσεις

Digital broadcast of Latin Church mass services
The Latin Church of Cyprus is broadcasting its Mass services on the internet and you can follow them on the YouTube channel called “Holy Cross Nicosia”.

Currently in production
• Publication by the Press & Information office of a book which delves into the vast personal historical archive of Dr Sylvain Beraud, Latin historian. The writing of the publication was undertaken by Dr Iosif Hadjikyriakos.

• Publication by the Ministry of Education to present the multitalented member of our community, Armando Josephin. Although he was particularly well-known as a composer of Cyprus traditional songs and as a musician, he was also an award-winning engraver and painter as well as a founder of model aircraft making in Cyprus.

I wish you and your families a HAPPY EASTER, good health and optimism for the summer ahead!

With warm rergards,