Gastria Γαστριά

Ammochostos District

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Gastria is a Greek community in the occupied Karpasia region.

Geographical Location: It lies 25 km North of Ammochostos at an elevation of 30m.

Population: The population of this community in 1960 numbered 261 (all Greeks). Its Greek population in 1973 was 198.

Christian Places of Worship: Within this community, is the church of Agios Georgios and the chapel of Panagia Faneromeni.

Schools: The 1 Greek Primary Schools had 14 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

Panagia Faneromeni Church

Church

Agios Georgios Church

Church

Agios Ioannis Prodromos Church

Church

Gastria Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Cemetery

Schools (1973-74)

Missing & Killed

0 Missing1 Identified1 Killed

Identified (1)

Nicolaos Nicolaou
Nicolaos Nicolaou
Father's Name: Georghios
Age in 1974: 18 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 23/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Synchari
Place Last Seen: Sichari

Killed (1)

Kouspos Pavlos of Frantzeskou
Date of Birth: 1901
Place of Origin: Gastria
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 22.12.1974
Place of Death: Gastria
0 Missing0 Identified1 Killed

Killed (1)

Kouspos Pavlos of Frantzeskou
Date of Birth: 1901
Place of Origin: Gastria
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 22.12.1974
Place of Death: Gastria