{"id":4758,"date":"2019-02-12T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T07:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pigenia.com\/?page_id=4758"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T14:20:03","slug":"monument-of-fallen-and-missing-persons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pigenia.com\/en\/tour\/monument-of-fallen-and-missing-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument of Fallen and Missing Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 801px; max-width: 1920px; margin: 0 auto;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4758'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-104bdc9962ab4eefeed7d8d76e29708f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-104bdc9962ab4eefeed7d8d76e29708f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-104bdc9962ab4eefeed7d8d76e29708f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-104bdc9962ab4eefeed7d8d76e29708f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-104bdc9962ab4eefeed7d8d76e29708f av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_layerslider  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Monument of Fallen and Missing Persons<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-g0ok7q-87119856bba09bbc59800e39c38f7ad2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Every year, on the first Sunday of July, the Community of Pigenia holds a memorial to honour the loss of its residents who were killed during the Tylliria Battles in 1964 and the Turkish invasion in 1974. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pigenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mnimio_intro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-e0w43a-b17e70a4b63db279b3c8f6e29edcbd4b  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-8uikvq-6568d4a22baa2f5a9fa0f9347584057a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Antoniou Andreas \" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Antoniou Andreas \" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Antoniou Andreas \">Antoniou Andreas <span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Andreas was the firstborn out of the five children of Antonis and Efrosyni Antoniou.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on April 13<sup>th<\/sup> 1955 in Pigenia.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the National Guard in 1973 and served in the 251 Infantry Battalion in Keryneia. He fell fighting during the Turkish invasion of 1974 and he was considered to be a missing person until recently, when his remains were found in a mass grave and identified using the DNA method.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-7mc7sm-72cbf2a78d7406e4b0a30e965d4a3057'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Savvas Loizou\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Savvas Loizou\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Savvas Loizou\">Savvas Loizou<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>He was the third out of the seven children of Loizos and Styliani Loizou.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on February 22<sup>nd<\/sup> 1947 in Pigenia and he attended the seven-form school of the village.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 15 he left his village and moved to Nicosia to seek for a better life working as a furniture manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completing his army duties he returned to his village and in 1967 he was called to fight at the battles of Kofinou as a private soldier.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Savvas Loizou was killed fighting on July 22<sup>nd<\/sup> 1974, during the Turkish invasion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4482 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pigenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mnimio_savvas_loizou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-5cjopi-2c04c6b3275dd2cb51bd6f0500ab6793'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Pavlos Mavrogenous \" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Pavlos Mavrogenous \" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Pavlos Mavrogenous \">Pavlos Mavrogenous <span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Pavlos Mavrogenous was married to Stavroula and already had six children when he got caught in the middle of gunfire and killed while leaving the village. In particular, Pavlos Mavrogenous was a national guard serving at a company of the area and when the incident happened he, along with the priest of the Community and the police commissioner of Kato Pyrgos, were in a police vehicle on their way to offer help to the rest of the national guards of the Platia Schoinia. Unfortunately, a bullet coming from a Turkish post in the opposite side killed Mavrogenous on June 16, 1964.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-4t864m-d4a7560842e8d5a953d8b6414329f3cf'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-4' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Krinos Charalampous Elia\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Krinos Charalampous Elia\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Krinos Charalampous Elia\">Krinos Charalampous Elia<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-4' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>He was born on December 26, 1955 in Pigenia. He fell fighting during the Turkish invasion in 1974 in the area of Agios Georgios in Keryneia.<\/p>\n<p>He was considered to be a missing person until recently, when his remains were found in a mass grave at the G.S. Praxandros stadium in Keryneia and identified using the DNA method.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4483 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pigenia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mnimio_krinos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-2i6eye-42e8b3fe0510fcdd571fb69a28cb966d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-5' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-5' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-5' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Martha \u2013 Costas Charalampous and Georgia Nicolaou \" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Martha \u2013 Costas Charalampous and Georgia Nicolaou \" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Martha \u2013 Costas Charalampous and Georgia Nicolaou \">Martha \u2013 Costas Charalampous and Georgia Nicolaou <span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-5' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-5' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Martha aged 48 and her son Costas aged 8 were civilian casualties who were killed by the Turkish bombs that were thrown in the community on August 9, 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, during the same year and more specifically on September 4, an undetonated bomb killed four-month old baby Georgia Nicolaou.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4fvf12-fe36ab209d00913871131afbc238021f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4fvf12-fe36ab209d00913871131afbc238021f{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4fvf12-fe36ab209d00913871131afbc238021f hr-invisible  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