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THE MARONITES OF CYPRUS●The stone monumentat Kormakitis squaresymbolises the arrivalof the village's firstinhabitants from Kourvillage in Lebanon.MonumentsThe Maronite community has the following monumentsin Cyprus:• The marble statue of Saint Joseph holding the Christin the courtyard of Saint George cathedral in Kormakitis(1948), a donation by Chorepiscopus John Foradaris.• The marble monument of fallen and missing Maronitesin the courtyard of Saint Maron church in Anthoupolis(2002), a donation from the government of Cyprus.• The bronze busts of Chorepiscopus John Foradarisand Representative John Mavrides in the courtyardof the Archbishopric in Acropolis (2007), a donationfrom the government of Cyprus.• The brass bust of enclaved priest Antony Terzis in thecemetery in Kormakitis (2009), a donation by theTerzis family.• The marble statue of the Virgin Mary in the courtyardof the Virgin Mary chapel in Kormakitis (2009), adonation by Representative Antonis Haji Roussos.• The marble statue of Saint Sharbel in the courtyardof Saint Sharbel church in Limassol (2009), a donationby Representative Antonis Haji Roussos.• The marble statue of the Virgin Mary in the courtyardof Saint Maron church in Anthoupolis (2010), adonation by Representative Antonis Haji Roussos.• The carved stone sculpture (2012) in the villagesquare in Kormakitis depicting a ship’s mast. Thesculpture memorialises the arrival of the firstinhabitants of Kormakitis from the village of Kour inLebanon and was a donation from LebaneseMaronites and Marios Haji Roussos. The sculpture ismade of stone from the Kour region and bears theinscription, in CMA, “Naxni jina u Kur majit”, meaning“We came but Kour did not”. The inscription is oneof the versions regarding the origin of the name ofthe village.26
THE MARONITES OF CYPRUS●MaroniteRepresentative,Antonis HajiRoussos, laying awreath at theMonument ofFallen and MissingMaronites inAnthoupolis.●The busts ofChorepiscopus JohnForadaris andRepresentative JohnMavrides at thecourtyard of theArchbishopric inNicosia.27
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