EOKA 1955-59
EOKA (National Organization of Cypriots Fighters / Ethniki Organosi Kyprion Agoniston) was created in 1953. The decision of the Greek Cypriots to vindicate their goal of official union (énosis) with Greece with arms was due to a combination of reasons involving both the international political demands after World War II, and local tension with the British rulers.
EOKA had a political-diplomatic and a military wing. Leader of the former was Archbishop Makarios III, whilst Georgios Grivas was coordinating the military part. Grivas was known by the nickname “Digenis”, which symbolically identified him to the legendary Byzantine hero Digenis Akritas. According to the folk myths Digenis Akritas was safeguarding the eastern boarders of the Byzantine Empire. Even today he constitutes the personification of the ‘heroic figure’ in the Greek tradition.
In November 1954 Georgios Grivas secretly disembarked at Chlorakas coast, on the west side of the island, in Pafos district. EOKA started its guerilla war on April 1st 1955 with extensive bomb attacks targeting British facilities in all major Cypriot cities. In 1958 the guerilla fights also involved the Turkish Cypriots as a target. Due to the 1958 inter-communal conflicts and the growing animosity between the leftwing ideology Cypriots and the hardcore EOKA fighters, in September 1958 during an interview, Archbishop Makarios III appeared open to negotiate the independence solution. In February 1959 the independence agreement was signed and in August 16, 1960 Cyprus gained its independence. Greece, Turkey and Britain were appointed as guarantor powers; Archbishop Makarios III became the first President of the Democracy of Cyprus; and both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots committed to abandon their claims on union (enosis) and partition (taksim), respectively.
In 1987, the Parliament of the Republic of Cyprus officially recognized the EOKA 1955-59 struggle and established April 1st as the national commemorative day (article 48/1987).
Aggeliki Sotiriou “Philimon” (Αγγελική Σωτηρίου «Φιλήμων») bust
Alekos Konstantinou (Αλέκου Κωνσταντίνου) and Panayiotis Toumazos (Παναγιώτης Τουμάζος) busts
Andreas Avramidis (Ανδρέας Αβραμίδης) bust
Andreas Georgiou (Ανδρέας Γεωργίου) bust
Andreas Georgiou (Ανδρέας Γεωργίου) statue
Andreas Onisiforou (Ανδρέας Ονησιφόρου) bust
Andreas Pantelidis (Ανδρέας Παντελίδης) bust
Andreas Sourouklis (Ανδρέας Σουρουκλής) bust
Andreas Vlamis (Ανδρέας Βλάμης) and Platonas Stylianou (Πλάτωνας Στυλιανού) busts
Andreas Vlamis (Ανδρέας Βλάμης) bust
Andreas Zakos (Ανδρέας Ζάκος) and Georgios Antoniou (Γεώργιος Αντωνίου) busts
Antonis Papadopoulos (Αντώνης Παπαδόπουλος) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios ΙΙΙ (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust
Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue
Aristoklis Avgousti (Αριστοκλής Αυγουστή) bust
Artemis Frantzeskou (Αρτέμης Φραντζέσκου) and Toumazos Toumazou (Τουμάζος Τουμάζου) busts
Charalambos Kalaitzis (Χαράλαμπος Καλαϊτζής) & Georgios Kleanthous (Γεώργιος Κλεάνθους) busts
Charalambos Pettemeridis (Χαράλαμπος Πεττεμερίδης) statue
Charilaos Michail (Χαρίλαος Μιχαήλ) statue
Christos Kkelis (Χρίστος Κκέλης) and Georgios Michail (Γιώργος Μιχαήλ) busts
Christos Tsiartas (Χρίστος Τσιάρτας) and Andreas Panayiotou (Ανδρέας Παναγιώτου) statues
Dimitrakis Christodoulou (Δημητράκης Χριστοδούλου) bust
Dimitrakis Dimitriadis (Δημητράκης Δημητριάδης) statue
Dimitrakis Ioannou (Δημητράκης Ιωάννου) bust
Dimitrakis Papamiltiadous (Δημητράκης Παπαμιλτιάδους) bust
Dimitris Charalambous (Δημήτρης Χαραλάμπους) and Vasilis Alexandrou (Βασίλης Αλεξάνδρου) busts
Elias Papakyriakou (Ηλίας Παπακυριακού) bust
Evagoras M. Pallikaridis (Ευαγόρας Μ. Παλληκαρίδης) statue
Evagoras Pallikadidis (Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης) bust
Evagoras Pallikaridis (Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης) bust
Evagoras Pallikaridis (Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης) statue
Evagoras Papachristophorou (Ευαγόρας Παπαχριστοφόρου) statue
Fidias Symeonidis (Φειδίας Συμεωνίδης) and Tryfonas Tryfonas (Τρύφωνας Τρύφωνας) busts
Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας) bust
Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας) bust
Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας) statue
Georgios Grivas Digenis (Γεώργιος Γρίβας Διγενής) statue
Georgis Karyos (Γεώργιος Κάρυος) bust
Giorgos Nikolaou (Γεώργιος Νικολάου) and Stelios Triteos (Στέλιος Τριταίος) busts
Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust
Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust
Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) statue
Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) statue
Iakovos Patatsos (Ιάκωβος Πατάτσος) statue
Ioannis Hadjipavlou Ioannides (Ιωάννης Xατζηπαύλου Ιωαννίδης) bust
Kyriakos Karaolis (Κυριάκος Καραολής) bust
Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) bust
Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue
Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue
Leonidas Papakostas (Λεωνίδας Παπακώστας) bust
Liberty Monument – Memorial to Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου)
Loukas A. Louka (Λουκάς Α. Λουκά) bust
Major General Tasos Markou (Τάσος Μάρκου) statue
Markos Drakos (Μάρκος Δράκος) statue
Memorial to Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’)
Memorial to Archbishop Makarios III and to the dead fighters from Pafos
Memorial to Christos Kkelis (Χρίστος Κκέλης) and Georgios Michail (Γιώργος Μιχαήλ)
Memorial to Dimos Irodotou (Δήμος Ηροδότου) and Efstathios Xenofontos (Ευστάθιος Ξενοφώντος)
Memorial to Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας)
Memorial to Georgios Koulappis (Γεώργιος Κουλαππής)
Memorial to Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής)
Memorial to Savvas Rotsidis (Σάββας Ροτσίδης)
Memorial to Stavros Stylianidis and Pantelis Katelaris
Memorial to the “Pankyprio Gymnasium” dead students
Memorial to the Aradippou dead during the national fights
Memorial to the Cypriot mother and the EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the dead and missing
Memorial to the dead and missing
Memorial to the dead and missing of Empa & Georgios Christoforou bust
Memorial to the dead and to Nikitari Mother
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 fighters from Neo Chorio
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 heroes
Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (Liberty Monument)
Memorial to the Freedom Fighters
Memorial to the Geri dead and missing
Memorial to the Geri EOKA 1955-59 fighters
Memorial to the Lakatamia dead and missing & Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust
Memorial to the Lysi dead and missing
Memorial to the Pano Arodes EOKA 1955-59 dead
Memorial to the Paralimni dead and missing
Memorial to the Pitsilia Women Fighters
Memorial to the Polis Chrysochou dead
Memorial to the school generation
Memorial to the students who died during EOKA 1955-59
Memorial to the Tsada dead & Evagoras Pallikaridis (Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης) bust
Michail Koukkis (Μιχαήλ Κουκκής) and Andreas Dimitriou (Ανδρέας Δημητρίου) busts
Michail Koutsoftas (Μιχαήλ Κουτσόφτας) and Andreas Panagidis (Ανδρέας Παναγίδης) busts
Michail Koutsoftas (Μιχαήλ Κουτσόφτας) and Andreas Panagidis (Ανδρέας Παναγίδης) busts
Michail Nikolaou (Μιχαήλ Νικολάου) bust
Michail Sava (Μιχαήλ Σάββα) statue
Michail Yiorgallas (Μιχαήλ Γιωργάλλας) bust
Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής) bust
Michalakis Paridis (Μιχαλάκης Παρίδης)
Michalakis Paridis (Μιχαλάκης Παρίδης) bust
Michalakis Paridis (Μιχαλάκης Παρίδης) statue
Nikos Evagorou (Νίκος Ευαγόρου) bust
Nitsa Chatzigeorgiou (Νίτσα Χατζηγεωργίου) bust
Ourania Kokkinou (Ουρανία Κοκκίνου) bust
Panayiotis Toumazos (Παναγιώτης Τουμάζος) bust
Panayiotis Toumazos (Παναγιώτης Τουμάζος) statue
Petrakis Kyprianou (Πετράκης Κυπριανού) statue
Petrakis Kyprianou (Πετράκης Κυπριανού) statue
Petrakis Yallouros (Πετράκης Γιάλλουρος) bust
Petros Iliadis (Πέτρος Ηλιάδης) bust
Savvas Rotsidis (Σάββας Ροτσίδης) statue
Solomon Panagidis (Οικονόμος Σολομών Παναγίδης) bust
Sotiris Tsaggaris (Σωτήρης Τσαγγάρης) statue
Spyros Chatziyakoumis (Σπύρος Χ’’Γιακουμής) bust
Stavros Stylianidis (Σταύρος Στυλιανίδης) and Pantelis Katelaris (Παντελής Κατελάρης) busts
Stavros Stylianidis (Σταύρος Στυλιανίδης) bust
Stelios Mavrommatis (Στέλιος Μαυρομμάτης) bust
Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) bust
Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) bust
Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) statue
Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) statue
Takis Sofokleous (Τάκης Σοφοκλέους) bust
The EOKA 1955-59 guerrilla fighter statue and heroes’ busts