Diorios Διόριος

Keryneia District

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Diorios is a predominantly Greek mixed in the occupied Keryneia District.

Geographical Location: It lies 25 km West of Keryneia and 13 km Northeast of Morfou at an elevation of 300m.

Population: The population of this community consisted in 1960 of 514 Greeks and 156 Turks. Its Greek population in 1973 was 500.

Christian Places of Worship: Within this community, are the churches of Agia Marina, Agia Marina (new).

Schools: The 1 Greek Primary Schools had 58 students during the 1973-74 school year.

Effects of the 1974 Turkish Invasion: During the Turkish Invasion of 1974, this community was taken over by the Turkish army and as a result the whole of its Greek population was ethnically cleansed. Since then, the Turkish occupation forces and the illegal occupation authority prevent their return.

Churches, Chapels & Cemeteries

New Agia Marina Church

Church

Old Agia Marina Church

Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church
Old Agia Marina Church

Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Diorios Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Schools (1973-74)

Missing & Killed

0 Missing0 Identified4 Killed

Killed (4)

Saxia Elpiniki of Kosti
Date of Birth: 1909
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Septemvrios 1974
Place of Death: Diorios
Stylianou Eleni of Nikola ( Dasofylaka )
Date of Birth: 1894
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Septemvrios 1974
Place of Death: Diorios
Tampidis Dimitris
Date of Birth: 1892
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 27.9.1974
Place of Death: Diorios
Filippou Papaϊoakeim of Filippou
Date of Birth: 14.1.1914
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Cleric
Date of Death: 3.9.1974
Place of Death: Trikomo
1 Missing0 Identified3 Killed

Missing (1)

Andreas Mettis
Andreas Mettis
Father's Name: Iacovos
Age in 1974: 23 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Reservist
Date Last Seen: 16/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Dhiorios-Kapouti Area
Place Last Seen: Diorios

Killed (3)

Saxia Elpiniki of Kosti
Date of Birth: 1909
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Septemvrios 1974
Place of Death: Diorios
Stylianou Eleni of Nikola ( Dasofylaka )
Date of Birth: 1894
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Septemvrios 1974
Place of Death: Diorios
Tampidis Dimitris
Date of Birth: 1892
Place of Origin: Diorios
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 27.9.1974
Place of Death: Diorios