Ten year memorial service for Spyros Kyprianou

POLITICIANS and relatives and friends yesterday attended a memorial services for former President Spyros Kyprianou to mark ten years since his death.

The service was held at the Agios Nicolaos Church in Limassol. It was carried out by Limassol Bishop Athanasios and was attended by DISY leader Nicos Anastassiades, DIKO chief Marios Garoyian, Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou and MPs from all parties.

Kyprianou, who passed away in March 2002, was one of the island’s most prominent politicians, serving as the second President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1977 until 1988.

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