Prayer for a unified island

ONLY the unyielding persistence to the just cause would lead the country to its own resurrection, the Church said in its Easter message yesterday.

It urged everyone to rally round the political leadership and unite against the Turkish occupation of the island.

“Without possessing feelings of hatred and animosity towards the Turkish Cypriots, who, like us, are victims of the Turkish invasion, we fight for the application of human rights for all inhabitants of Cyprus,” the Church said.

As always, the Church has been observing developments with a sense of responsibility; it feels the concerns of the faithful and continues to fight and pray for a just solution of the Cyprus problem, the message said.

“A solution that would secure the freedom of the island and the national and religious survival of our people,” the Church said.

The Church said it was asking and fighting of freedom, peace, justice and the free and unhindered movement and settlement across the whole domain.

“Our desire is for a free and united Cyprus from end to end, from Paphos to Apostolos Andreas and from Limassol and Larnaca to Kyrenia.”

“No one would care about our just cause if we show sluggishness and nonchalance in attaining it,” the Church said.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.