ATHENS (Armradio.am) — Stolen relics from Turkish-occupied north Cyprus went on exhibit today at the Byzantine Museum, Gibrahayer E-magazine reports.

Among them was a 14th century Armenian Gospel that was stolen by Turkish Cypriots in 1963 from Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church in Victoria street.

The Church of Cyprus announced earlier this month that 34 treasures that had been stolen from the island’s Turkish-occupied areas, returned to Cyprus following a decision by the Munich Court of Appeals, on March 16, in the case of Turkish art smuggler Aydin Dikmen.

Among the artifacts, 24 are Byzantine relics and some prehistoric antiquities coming mostly from the collection of Chr. Chatziprodromou, from Ayios Epiktitos Church. Among the Byzantine relics there are three pairs of bema doors (Monastery of Antiphonitis Christ, Virgin Mary Monastery in Kantara), wall paintings from the Monastery of Antiphonitis Christ, the church of Agia Solomoni in Coma tou Yialou and the Monastery of Panagia Apsinthiotissa in Sychari. Also the treasures include a hand written manuscript of 17th century (omilario) from the Monastery of the Panagia Trooditissa, and the hand written gospel of the Armenian community of Cyprus stolen during the Turkish mutiny in 1963.

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  1. Aydin Dickmen? A Jew non the less. It seems Turkified Jews love Armenians property and have no problems stealing it when given the chance. Wasn’t the entire Armenian Genocide concocted by the Zionist young Turks purely to steal the Armenian Wealth for the Jews of Turkey? of course it was,. That’s the BIG ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SECRET. That’s why the USA, Israel and England blatantly counter any Genocide recognition. Once acknowledge the next step is summarizing the actual actors and who they were. Also its ironic that many sudo scholars denying the AG are Jews. For the same reason.

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