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Like most communities of the

The

Historically, the Prelature has been under the jurisdiction of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, while today it is the oldest theme that falls under its jurisdiction. In the past, for various reasons, it was at times under the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (1775–1799, 1812–1837, 1848–1861, 1865–1877, 1888–1897, 1898–1908), the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (1799–1812, 1861–1864, 1877–1888, 1897–1898, 1908–1921), even the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin (1864–1865). Cyprus was the place of refuge for two exile Patriarchs of Constantinople, Archbishop Tavit Areveltsi (1644-1648) and Senior Archimandrite Krikor Basmadjian (1773-1775). The current Prelate, a Catholicosal Vicar General, is as of 2014 Archbishop Nareg Alemezian. The parish priest in Nicosia is Fr. Momik Habeshian (since 2000), while the parish priest in Larnaca and Limassol is Fr. Mashdots Ashkarian (since 1992).

For centuries, the Prelature building was located within the Armenian compound in Victoria street in walled Nicosia; when that area was taken over by

The current Charter of the Prelature, first drafted in 1945 and ratified in 1950, consists of 102 articles and, in its present form, applies as of 3 September 2010. The administration is exercised by the Armenian Ethnarchy (Ազգային Իշխանութիւն) through the Diocesan Council [Թեմական Ժողով (Temagan Joghov), consisting of the Prelate, two priests and twelve elected lay persons - 7 for Nicosia, 3 for Larnaca, 1 for Limassol and 1 for Famagusta] and the Administrative Council [Վարչական Ժողով (Varchagan Joghov), presided by the Prelate and consisting of seven lay persons appointed by the Temagan], currently chaired by Sebouh Tavitian (as of 2007) and John Guevherian (as of 2011), respectively. As of 1998, the elected Representative is ex officio a member of the Diocesan Council. There are also the local parish committees (թաղական հոգաբարձութիւններ, one in

According to the Decision of the Council of Ministers 66.589/19–12–2007, the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus receives an annual grant of €59,800 by the

List of Prelates

Below is the list of Prelates of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus, according to available information. Unfortunately, there are some gaps:

Armenian Evangelical Church

The first

In 1933, the newly formed Cyprus Synod of the

After nearly 30 years of inactivity, by initiative of Nevart Kassouni-Panayiotides and Lydia Gulesserian (†) and with the help of Hrayr Jebejian, Executive Secretary of the Bible Society in the Gulf, Armenian Evangelicals were re-organised at the Greek Evangelical church in Larnaca in 2002. Since 2005, when Hrayr Jebejian moved to Cyprus, services are held every few months at the Greek Evangelical church in Nicosia. Also, the Armenian Evangelical Church organizes a few lectures in Nicosia. The following is a list of the Armenian Reverends and preachers in charge of the Armenian Evangelical community of Cyprus.

Armenian Catholic Church

Armenian-Catholics first came to the island during the Frankish Era from the nearby Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. It is unclear whether they had their own structure during the Latin Era or if they were under the Latin Church of Cyprus, as has been the case since the Ottoman Era. What we do know is that Armenian-Catholics used Saint Lazarus' basilica in Larnaca, the Holy Cross church in Nicosia (probably Arablar Djami/Stavros tou Missirikou) and the Virgin Mary of the Green (de Vert) in Famagusta, which was built between 1311 and 1317. Armenian-Catholic monks and nuns also served at the Premonstratensian Bellapais Abbey and the Benedictine Notre Dame de Tyre convent in Nicosia, respectively. The only Armenian-Catholic Bishops' names which have survived until today are George Noreghes, appointed by Latin Archbishop of Cyprus Elias de Nabineaux circa 1340, and the Dominican Julio or Julian Stavriano, who served as Bishop of the Armenians (1561-1567) and later became Bishop of the Maronites (1567-1570); he started as Armenian Orthodox and later he embraced Catholicism. The latter's flock included about 1.000 Armenians and he used Saint Sergius' church in Famagusta.

During the

It was during the

In 1960, there were less than 100 Armenian-Catholics. However, their number decreased in the following years, due to emigration to other countries and assimilation with the Armenian-Cypriot, the Latin-Cypriot and/or the Greek-Cypriot community. However, due to the influx of Lebanese-Armenians to Cyprus since the mid-1970s, there has been a small increase in the number of Armenian-Catholics on the island. Currently, local Armenian-Catholics are less than 20, in addition to about 30 foreign Armenians.

Places of worship

There are five

Nicosia

The church was renovated internally in mid–2008. Many of its icons are the work of Lebanese-Armenian painter Zohrab Keshishian. It is interesting that just below the holy altar, there is a khachkar (cross-stone) donated by the Holy See of Etchmiadzin. On top of the church's entrance there is a marble inscription in Armenian reading:

Կառուցաւ սուրբ եկեղեցիս յանուն Սրբուհւոյ Աստուածածնին ի հայրապետութեան Տ. Տ. Խորենայ Ա. Կաթողիկոսի եւ Աթոռակցի Նորին Տ. Տ. Գարեգին Բ. Կաթողիկոսի եւ յառաջնորդութեան Տ. Զարեհայ Եպիսկոպոսի Ազնաւորեան սրտադիր ջանիւք ամենայն զաւակայ Թեմիս Հայոց Կիպրոսի, եւ առատապարգեւ օժանդակութեամբ Միացեալ Եկեղեցւոյն Վեսթֆալիոյ եւ ձեռնտուութեամբ բարեխնամ կառավարութեամբ Կիպրոսի ի թուին Հայոց ՌՆԼ. Եւ փրկչական 1981 թուին (This holy temple by the name of the Holy Mother of God was constructed during the pontificate of Catholicos His Holiness Khoren I and His Co-adjutor Catholicos His Holiness Karekin II and during the prelacy of Bishop Mr Zareh Aznavorian with the whole-hearted efforts of all the children of the Armenian Diocese of Cyprus, and the generously donated support of the Westphalia United Church and the assistance of the attentive government of Cyprus in the year 1430 of the Armenians and the year of our Lord 1981)

On the two columns facing the entrance are the following two aluminium commemorative plaques in Armenian:

Նորոգեցաւ զանգակատունս ի յիշատակ Տ. Վազգէն Ա. Քհնյ. Սանտրունիի 2005 (This belltower was renovated in memory of Archpriest Der Vazken Sandrouni 2005)

Նորոգեցաւ եկեղեցիս ի յիշատակ Յակոբ, Հիլտա, Արա, Պարէթ Թիւթիւնճեանի 2005 (This church was renovated in memory of Hagop, Hilda, Ara, Baret Tutundjian 2005)

On the side of the church there is a marble inscription in Greek reading:

Ο ιερός ούτος ναός της Παναγίας των Αρμενίων εθεμελιώθη υπό της Α. Μ. του Προέδρου της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας Αρχιεπισκόπου Μακαρίου Γ' την 25ην Σεπτεμβρίου 1976 (The foundation of this holy temple of the Mother of God of the Armenians was laid by H. B. the President of the Republic of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios III on 25 September 1976)

In front of the church's entrance is a white marble

Behind it, from inside the chapel, there is another marble inscription in Armenian reading:

Կառուցաւ մատուռս արդեամբ Օտաճեան Պօպոսի, մասնակցութեամբ արկեղ Եկեղեցւոյ Հայոց ազգի, Յ' Առաջնորդութեամբ Տ. Խորենայ Վարդապէտի, Յ' Ամի Տեառն 1892.ի: (This chapel was constructed by commission of Odadjian Boghos, with the participation of the fund of the Church of the Armenian nation, during the prelacy of Archimandrite Mr Khoren, in the Lord's Year 1892.)

In the Armenian cemetery near

On the lower part of the southern wall, there is the following well-known inscription in Armenian:

Մահուամբ զմահ կոխեաց եւ Յարութեամբն Իւրով մեզ զկեանս պարգեւեաց (He trampled death with death and through His Resurrection He granted us life)

Finally, the

Larnaca

Many of the church's icons are the work of Lebanese-Armenian painter Fr. Hovsep Ashkarian.

Limassol

The church of

On the lower part of the wall outside the repository, where the belltower used to be, there is another marble inscription in Armenian. It reads:

Նուիրեցաւ ելեկտրական կոչնակս արդեամբ եւ ծախիւք եղբարցն Կարապետ եւ Նշան Արագչինճեանոց Տիգրանակերտցի ի թուին Քս.ի 1989-ի (This electric rattle was offered by commission and expenses of brothers Garabed and Nshan Arakchindjian from Dikranagerd in the year of Christ 1989)

In front of the church is a dark brown tuff stone khachkar (cross-stone), donated by the Arakelyan family; it was unveiled by Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian on 28 September 2008. Next to the church is the Limassol Armenian school.

Turkish-occupied areas

Nicosia

The old Virgin Mary [Սուրբ Աստուածածին (Sourp Asdvadzadzin)] cathedral in Victoria street, currently in the Turkish-occupied part of the walled city of Nicosia near Paphos Gate, also known as Notre Dame de Tyre or Tortosa, was originally a Benedictine/Carthusian Abbey built between 1308 and 1310, on the site of an older church which had originally been built in 1116 and was destroyed by an earthquake in 1303, where Armenian-Catholic nuns served. Sometime before 1504 it passed into the hands of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus and it used to be the centre of the Armenian community of Cyprus until it was captured, along with the rest of the Armenian quarter, by Turkish Cypriots during the 1963–1964 troubles and occupied by Turkey during the 1974 Turkish invasion. After the Osmanian occupation of Cyprus in 1570, it was temporarily used as a salt store, until it was returned to the Armenian community by a firman in May 1571; the Armenian ownership of the church was further confirmed by another firman in May 1614. During the period of the Armenian genocide, many persecuted Armenian refugees sought shelter on its verandah. It was located next to the old Prelature building, the Melikian-Ouzounian school, the Armenian genocide monument and the Melikian family mansion.

During the centuries it served the small yet prosperous Armenian community of Nicosia, the church underwent various modifications: in 1688 it was renovated, in 1788 the baptistery was constructed, in 1858 the arches of the northern verandah were built, in 1860 the belfry was constructed - amongst the first in Ottoman Cyprus, a donation by Hapetig Nevrouzian of Constantinople -, in 1884 it was restored, in 1904 the roof was re-built and a renovation took place, in 1945 the upper tier was erected for the choir (by donation of Aram Ouzounian), in 1950 the belfry was restored, while in 1960-1961 the Antiquities Department installed a new floor - after removing the mediaeval tombstones that were previously covered by the carpets. The church celebrated on the nearest Sunday to 21 November, feast day of the Presentation of Mary.

After its occupation in January 1964, it was used as barracks for the Turkish Cypriot militia, while after its occupation by the Turkish army in July 1974 it continued to be used as barracks for Turkish soldiers, until it suffered further damages by an earthquake in 1998. The site was abandoned and illegal Anatolian settlers inhabited the place until late 2006.

In 2005, the

There was also a small Armenian Evangelical church, located in Mahmoud Pasha street, in the Turkish-occupied part of the walled city of

The church was renovated in 1955, the year when the border fence and the gate were erected; in 1959 a kitchen was added. During the 1963–1964 intercommunal troubles, the church was taken over by Turkish Cypriots. Between 1964 and 1974, the church and the surrounding buildings were used as a school for some time and then as the main military headquarters (sancaktarlık). After that, for a long time the buildings remained empty. Later on, the church was used as a Turkish folk music centre (1987-1997) and as Handicrafts Co-Operative (1997-2011); as of 2011 it is used as a music centre. As with the old Virgin Mary church, no Services have been held since 1964.^[2]

Famagusta

The church of

It is unknown when exactly it ceased being used, however it possibly stopped operating already since the mid-Venetian Era. Up until at least 1862, there was a small bell-tower. Unused for more than three and a half centuries, because of Ottoman restrictions, in 1907 it was declared an ancient monument, based on Colonial Antiquities' Law IV/1905. In the same year, it was repaired by the Antiquities Department, as it was in 1931. In 1932 it was restored, also by the Antiquities Department, which significantly repaired it between 1937 and 1944 (under the care of Theophilus Mogabgab, Director of Antiquities for Famagusta District), after it was leased to the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus on 7 March 1936, for a period of 99 years - which was achieved after the intervention of Co-adjutor Catholicos of Cilicia, Papken Gulesserian, who had visited the church in 1934, and Archbishop Bedros Saradjian.

The first Liturgy and its re-consecration were held on 14 January 1945 by Archimandrite Krikor Bahlavouni (also known as "Topal Vartabed"). On 8 March 1957 it was partially burnt by Turkish Cypriots, but continued to be used as a church until 1962; since then, the

Unfortunately, the monastery was captured by the Turkish troops in August 1974, who later used it to house illegal settlers from Anatolia and, in the 1980s, to house military officers. Left at the mercy of vandals and nature, it has been desecrated and today is dilapidated and in a pitiful condition. Between 1998 and 1999 and again in 2005, the occupying regime intended to turn it into a hotel; after co-ordinated reactions, this unholy plan was averted. In December 2006 and in July 2008, it was visited by Hrant Dink and Catholicos Aram I, respectively. By initiative of Representative Vartkes Mahdessian and the Armenian Ethnarchy, on 6 May 2007 the first visit-pilgrimage took place there after 33 years; it was repeated on 10 May 2009, 9 May 2010, 8 May 2011, 13 May 2012 and 19 May 2013, with the participation of a large number of Armenian-Cypriots and other Armenians, some of whom came from abroad.^[3]

On top of the entrance gate of the monastery there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Ի յիշատակ ազգ. մեծ բարերար Տիար Կարապետ Մելգոնեանի որ ետ շինել զխճուղի Ս. Մակարայ Վանուց 1926 (In memory of great national benefactor Mr Garabed Melkonian who re-built the macadam road of Sourp Magar's monastery 1926)

Between the entrance and the chapel, on a wall to the left and above the monastery's turbine and generator, there is the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian, the only one surviving within the monastery premises, even though it has been partially defaced:

Շինեցաւ կազմածք ջրաբաշխութեան եւ լուսաւորութեան Ս. Մակարայ Վանուց սրտաբուխ նուիրատուութեամբ Տէր եւ Տիկին Սարգիս Մարաշլեանի 1949 (The equipments of water and light distribution of Saint Macarius' monastery were built by the generous donation of Mr and Mrs Sarkis Marashlian 1949)

In front of the iron gate to the chapel there used to be the following commemorative marble inscriptions in Armenian:

Շինեցաւ զանգակատուն եւ յատակ մատրանս՝ արդեամբ Տիար Կարօ Պալեանի 1926 (The belfry and floor of the chapel were built by commission of Mr Garo Balian 1926)

Շինեցաւ դասս, գաւիթ մատրանս, արդեամբ Տիար Տիգրան Ուզունեանի 1926 (The soleas [and] narthex of this chapel were built by commission of Mr Dickran Ouzounian 1926)

In front of the chapel's door there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Վերանորոգեցաւ մատուռս սրտաբուխ ծախիւք Տէր եւ Տիկին Յովհաննէս Շաքարեանի ի յիշատակ ննջեցելոց իւրեանց 1947 (This chapel was restored by the generous expenses of Mr and Mrs Hovhannes Shakarian in memory of their deceased 1947)

On top of the chapel's door there used to be the following commemorative marble inscriptions in Armenian:

Վերստին նորոգեցի Սուրբ Անապատս Մեծի Մակարայ Ճգնաւորին ձեռամբ Յարութիւն Վարդապետի: Ի թուին ՌՃՁԴ 1735 [The Holy Hermitage of Macarius the Great was renovated again by the hands of Archimandrite Haroutiun. In the year 1184 (according to the old Armenian dating system) 1735 (according to the global dating system)]

Այց արար մէզ Տէրն Բարձանց, Աստուած եւ Հայրն Ողորմութեանց, ետ նորոգել Վանքս ի հիմանց, յըստորակաց Փրկչին ամաց: Հոգաբարձութբ. ազնիւ Սիմէօն Աղային 1814 Յունվ. 3: (The Lord of the Heavens visited us, the God and Father of Mercy, this Monastery was renovated again from its foundations, by His subordinate in the Saviour's years. Under the direction of the noble Symeon Agha, 3 January 1814.)

In front of the repository there used to be the following commemorative marble inscriptions in Armenian:

Տիար Աշոտ Ասլանեան մասնակցեցաւ աւանդատան նորոգման 1926 (Mr Ashod Aslanian participated in the renovation of the repository 1926)

Under the baptistery there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Շինեցւ աւազանս մկրտութեան արդեամբ եւ ծախիւք Գառնիկ Մկրտիչ Գույոումճեանի ի յիշատակ ննջեցելոց իւրոյ 1968 (This baptistery was built by commission and expenses of Karnig Mgrditch Kouyoumdjian in memory of his deceased 1968)

In front of the

Շինեցաւ գաւիթ սբյ. տաճարիս արդեամբք բարեսէր Խրմցի մհտսի. Սիմէօն Աղային ի յշտկ. հոգւոյ կենակցւոյն իւրոյ ի Տր. հանգուցեալ Աննայ հոգեսէր Խաթունին դստեր Սարգիս Աղային. Ընթերցողքըդ տուք զողորմիս. Ամէն յամի Տռն. 1818 (The narthex of this holy temple was built by commission of benevolent mahdessi (a person gone on pilgrimage to Jerusalem) Agha Symeon of Crimea in memory of the soul of his deceased companion who rests besides the Lord the devout Anna Khatoun, daughter of Sarkis Agha. You the readers give me your mercy. Amen in the Lord's Year 1818)

In front of the two Moughalian rooms there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Երկոքին սենեակս շինեցան արդեամբք ժառանգորդաց Արթին Աղա Մուղալեանի 1907 (Both these rooms were built by commission of the heirs of Artin Agha Moughalian 1907)

In front of the other rooms there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Արար ըզսոյն իւր յիշատակ Ս. Մակարայ Վանիցս սենեակ արգոյ Հաճի Սիմէօն Աղային ընդ ամուսնոյն Խաթուն Աննայն 1814 Յունվ. 3 (These rooms in Saint Macarius Monastery were built by Hadji Symeon Agha for the precious memory of his wife Khatoun Anna 3 January 1814)

On the rooms of the mills there is the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian:

Շինեցաւ ի յիշատակ նուիրատուացն աղօրեաց Տ. Տ. Յովսէփայ եւ Մարտիրոսի Վարդապետացն, 1922 (Built in memory of the mills' donors Archimandrites Hovsep and Mardiros, 1922)

Finally, on the Holy Archangels' fountain, there used to be the following commemorative marble inscription in Armenian, which is now partially defaced:

Գտաւ ակնաղբիւրս այս Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց սրտաբուխ նուիրատուութեամբ Տէր եւ Տիկին Գասպարեանի 1948 (This fountain-head of the Holy Archangels was found by the generous donation of Mr and Mrs Kasparian 1948)

See also

• Armenia–Cyprus relations
• Armenians in Greece
• Armenians in Turkey
• Armenians in the United Kingdom

References

Useful Bibliography

Books

• Բակուրան: Կիպրոս կղզի, Աշխարհագրական եւ պատմական տեսութիւն, Հայ Գաղթականութիւն (Տպարան Ազգային Կրթարան-Որբանոցի, Նիկոսիա: 1903).
• ԲԱԿ: Հայ Կիպրոս, Հայ գաղութը եւ Ս. Մակար (Տպարան Դպրեվանույ Կաթողիկոսութեան Կիլիկիոյ, Անթիլիաս: 1936).
• Ղեւոնդ Եպիսկուոս: Յիշատակարան Կիպրահայ գաղութի (Տպարան Դպրեվանույ Կաթողիկոսութեան Կիլիկիոյ, Անթիլիաս: 1955).
• Առաջնորդարան Հայոց Կիպրոսի: Յիշատակի գիրք Նիկոսիոյ Ս. Աստուածածին եկեղեցւոյ նաւակատիքին եւ օծման (Նիկոսիա: 1981).
• Եղիշէ Ծ. Վրդ. Մանճիկեան: Ն.Ս.Օ.Տ.Տ. Արամ Ա. Կաթողիկոսին Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ հովուապետական անդրանիկ այցելութիւնը Կիպրոսի Հայոց Թեմին: 13–20 Դեկտեմբեր 1995 (Տպարան Կաթողիկոսութեան Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ, Անթիլիաս: 1996).
• Susan Paul Pattie: Faith in History, Armenians rebuilding community (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington: 1997).
• Γραφείο Προεδρικού Επιτρόπου: Επιζώντες θησαυροί από τη Μονή Αγίου Μακαρίου (Αρμενομονάστηρο) (Γραφείο Προεδρικού Επιτρόπου, Λευκωσία: 2000).
• Αρμενική Μητρόπολη Κύπρου: 1700 χρόνια Χριστιανισμού στην Αρμενία (Λευκωσία: 2001).
• Χρίστος Ιακώβου, Μαρία Μετέ & Βαχάν Αϊνετζιάν: Αρμένιοι της Κύπρου, ΧΡΟΝΙΚΟ with "Politis" newspaper (Issue 48, 21 April 2008).
• Armenian Prelature of Cyprus: Η Αρμενική Εκκλησία στην Κύπρο/Հայաստանեայց Եկեղեցի Կիպրոսի մէջ/The Armenian Church in Cyprus (Nicosia: 2003).
• Αχιλλέας Κ. Αιμιλιανίδης: Το καθεστώς της Αρμενικής Εκκλησίας της Κύπρου (Power Publishing, Λευκωσία: 2006).
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Οι Αρμένιοι της Κύπρου, ΧΡΟΝΙΚΟ with "Politis" newspaper (Issue 30, 14 September 2008).
• Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra: The Armenians of Cyprus (Kalaydjian Foundation, Larnaca: 2009).
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Οι Αρμένιοι της Κύπρου (Ίδρυμα Καλαϊτζιάν, Λάρνακα: 2009).
• John Matossian: Silent partners, the Armenians and Cyprus 578–1878 (Lusignan Press, Nicosia: 2009).
• Andrekos Varnava, Nicholas Courea and Marina Elia (Eds): The minorities of Cyprus, development patterns and the identity of the internal-exclusion (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle: 2009).
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Οι Αρμένιοι της Κύπρου (Ίδρυμα Καλαϊτζιάν, Λάρνακα: 2009).
• Վարուժան Արքեպիսկոպոս: Ատանայի վկաները եւ Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վկայարանը, 1909, Լառնագա (Նիկոսիա: 2010).
• Վարուժան Արքեպիսկոպոս: Թղթակցութիւն Սակահ Բ. Կաթողիկոսի եւ Պետրոս Արք. Սարաճեանի (Նիկոսիա: 2011).
• Վարուժան Արքեպիսկոպոս: Կիպրոսի Թեմի հովուական կարգը եւ Թեմական կազմաւորութիւնը (Նիկոսիա: 2011)
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Η Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία και οι Θρησκευτικές Ομάδες (Λευκωσία: 2012).
• Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra: The Armenians of Cyprus (Press and Information Office, Nicosia: 2012).
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Οι Αρμένιοι της Κύπρου (Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών, Λευκωσία: 2012).

Published articles

• Արշակ Ալպօյաճեան: Կիպրոս Կղզին, իր անցեալն ու ներկան [Թէոդիկի Ամէնուն Տարեցոյցը, 21րդ Տարի (1926), էջ. 192–239], Փարիզ: 1927.
• Noubar Maxoudian: An Early Colony: History of the Armenians in Cyprus [Armenian Review, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Spring 1958), p. 73–77], Watertown, Massachusetts: 1958.
• Կարօ Գէորգեան: Պատմութիւն Կիպրոսի եւ Կիպրահայ Գաղութը [Ամենուն Տարեգիրքը, Ը Տարի (1960), էջ. 333–426], Պէյրութ: 1961.
• Avedis K. Sanjian: The Diocese of Cyprus [part of Chapter VI, The Armenian Communities in Syria under Ottoman Dominion, p. 160–167], Harvard: 1965.
• Criton G. Tornaritis: The legal position of the Armenian religious group (1961) [Constitutional and legal problems of the Republic of Cyprus, p. 83–90], Nicosia: 1972.
• Noubar Maxoudian: A brief history of the Armenians in Cyprus (1936) [Armenian Review, Vol. XXVII, No. 4 (Winter 1974), p. 398–416], Watertown, Massachusetts: 1974.
• Susan Pattie: Armenian Diaspora Life in Cyprus and London [Armenian Review, Vol. XLIV, No. 1 (Spring 1991), p. 37–57], Watertown, Massachusetts: 1991.
• Gilles Grivaud: Les minorités orientales à Chypre (Époques médiévale et moderne) [Travaux de la Maison de l' Orient Méditerranéen No. 31 (1997), p. 43–70]. Lyon: 2000.
• Nicholas Coureas: Non-Chalcedonian Christians on Latin Cyprus [Dei gesta per Francos: Crusade Studies in Honour of Jean Richard, p. 349–360], Surrey: 2001.
• Kevork Keshishian: The Armenian community of Cyprus: 6th century AD to present day (1995) [ed. Ruth Keshishian; Cyprus Today, Vol. XL, No 1 (January–April 2002) p. 22–40], Nicosia: 2002.
• Charalambos K. Papastathis: Le statut légal des religions dans la République de Chypre [L’année canonique, No. XLV (2003), pp. 267–286], Paris: 2003.
• Գևորգ Քեշիշյան & Մարգարիտ Բաղդասարյան: Կիպրոս [Հայ Սփյուռք Հանրագիտարան, Էջ. 343–349], Երևան: 2003.
• Achilles Emilianides: State and Church in Cyprus [State and Church in the European Union, pp. 231–252], Baden: 2005.
• Αχιλλεύς Αιμιλιανίδης: Γνωμάτευση: Ποιοι Θεωρούνται ως Μέλη Θρησκευτικών Ομάδων σύμφωνα με το Κυπριακό Σύνταγμα, [Λυσίας, No. 1 (2006), σελ. 26-31], Λευκωσία: 2006.
• Achilles Emilianides: Religion and the State in Dialogue: Cyprus [Religion and Law in Dialogue: Covenantal and Non-Covenantal Cooperation Between State and Religion in Europe, pp. 19–31], Leuven: 2006.
• Achilles Emilianides: Il finanziamento delle cinque religioni: il caso cipriota [Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica, No. 1 (Aprile 2006), pp. 107–124], Bologna: 2006.
• Nicholas Coureas: Between the Latins and Native Tradition: The Armenians in Lusignan Cyprus, 1191–1473 [L' Église arménienne entre Grecs et Latins: fin XIe - milieu XVe siècle, p. 205–214], Montpellier: 2009.
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Η αρμενοκυπριακή κοινότητα [Ιστορία της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, τόμος 3ος (1980–1989), σελ. 182–201], Λευκωσία: 2011.
• Αλέξανδρος-Μιχαήλ Χατζηλύρας: Η διαχρονική παρουσία της αρμενοκυπριακής κοινότητας [Ενατενίσεις, Νο. 14 (Μάιος–Αύγουστος 2011) σελ. 141–149], Λευκωσία: 2011.

External links

• cyprusarmenians.com Cyprus Armenians site
• Artsakank Armenian monthly and online publication English language section
• Gibrahayer site Archived 31 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• Sourp Stepanos site Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
• Book on the Armenians of Cyprus
• Brochure on the Armenians of Cyprus
• The Armenian-Cypriot community (in Greek)
• Presentation on the Armenian-Cypriot community (in Greek)
• Armenians in Cyprus (schools, churches, clubs)
• Information on the Armenians of Cyprus Archived 31 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Video documentaries

• The Armenians in Cyprus (English)
• Οι Αρμένιοι στην Κύπρο (Greek)