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UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father

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18th-century icon spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974. Royal Air Force officer had been serving on Cyprus during the summer of 1974. Officer found the icon and took it back to Britain, where his son said it remained locked away. Cyprus Church has for decades tried to track down numerous religious icons, mosaics and frescoes.

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UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father

An 18th century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 has been returned to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”

2 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

Icon taken out of Cyprus by British officer in 1974 returned to Orthodox Church

An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned on Wednesday to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for”.

2 years ago·Ireland

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The Washington Post

UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father

An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 has been returned to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”

2 years ago

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The Toronto Star

UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned Wednesday to the island’s O...

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Arab News

UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father

NICOSIA, Cyprus: An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned Wednesday to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.” A representative of the Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II received the icon during a ceremony at Geneva’s Villa Moynier which houses the Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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