#Funeral

A funeral was held on Friday for 12-year-old Miray Bicer, who died when the ferry on which she was travelling sank off the coast of Kyrenia in August. The service ...

Hundreds gathered at Saint Barbara’s in Kaimakli on Friday for the funeral of writer, publisher and restaurateur Vasos Ftochopoulos, who died last week at the age of 76. The congregation ...

Popi Christoforou, the mother of twin sailors Miltos and Christos who were killed in the Mari naval base explosion, was laid to rest in Limassol on Thursday, after a long ...

Special traffic arrangements will be in place around the Holy Trinity Church in Limassol on Thursday for the funeral of Popi Christoforou, with large numbers of mourners expected to attend, ...

Norway’s King Harald V was laid to rest on Wednesday, in a series of ceremonies marking the culmination of 13 days of national mourning following his death at the age ...

The funeral of acclaimed Cypriot chef Andreas Mavrommatis took place on Sunday in Agios Ioannis Pitsilias, in the presence of family, friends and admirers of his work and legacy. He ...

Hundreds of people attended the state funeral of George Vassiliou, the former president who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94 at the Ayia Sofia cathedral in the Nicosia ...

The body of former president George Vassiliou, who passed away on Tuesday night aged 94, lay in state at the Ayia Sofia cathedral in Nicosia on Friday ahead of his state ...

Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday bade their final farewell to businessman Asil Nadir at his funeral. The funeral took place in three stages, with high-profile figures from Turkish Cypriot politics as ...

A funeral was held on Wednesday for two more unidentified bodies which have washed up in the north. The funeral was held in Ayios Amvrosios. Speaking after the funeral, Ayios ...

Funerals were held on Wednesday for the four bodies which were found washed up on the coast of Karpasia in recent weeks. The bodies remain unidentified, though clothing found on ...

Construction work is set to begin on Cyprus’ first crematorium within the first half of the year, according to the director of the company undertaking the project, MW Crematorium Cyprus’ ...

The funeral of senior member of Eoka Thasos Sofocleous was held on Saturday with solemn crowds attending the service in Strovolos, including senior government officials. Sofocleous, aged 91, was described by ...

The funeral for Andreas Georgiou whose fate was unknown since the 1974 invasion, was held on Saturday after his remains were identified through DNA testing. “His parents Stavros and Athena endured ...

The funeral of 20-year-old Cypriot soldier Giorgos Hadjionna took place on Tuesday morning at the Ayia Sofia church in Strovolos. At the funeral, his brother Charalambos made a speech in ...

A large crowd gathered at the church in Avgorou, Famagusta on Monday morning as the funeral was held for one of the Cypriot victims of the fatal train crash in ...

The funeral of renowned Cypriot traditional singer Kyriacou Pelagia was held in Paralimni on Sunday. Known as the “voice of the Cypriot countryside”, Pelagia died on Saturday at the age ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Thursday, to represent President Nicos Anastasiades. Kasoulides will leave for Rome on Wednesday morning, and ...

Resistance fighters to the 1974 coup said on Monday they were disappointed by the failure of the authorities to cover the burial of brothers Charalambos and Tassos Christofi Shiamma, who were ...

Elections for new archbishop of Cyprus will likely turn into an issue over Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, with some bishops being favoured by the Russian church, and Patriarch ...

A book of condolences opened on Tuesday for the ‘extraodinary’ Archbishop Chrysostomos II at the Archbishopric in Nicosia. It will remain open until noon on Friday. “He was an extraordinary ...

Some have been fighting for years The construction of a crematorium in Paphos to offer an alternative to traditional -and expensive- burial services has been widely welcomed after years of ...

An emotional President Nicos Anastasiades called Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou “the best minister” and a “minister for the poor” during a eulogy he delivered at her funeral on Friday. Her ...

Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in ...