Kalograia Καλογραία

Kalograia is a Greek community in the occupied Keryneia District.

Geographical Location: It lies 28 km East of Keryneia, on the southern slopes of Pentadaktylos at an elevation of 140m.

Population: The population of this community in 1960 numbered 571 (all Greeks). Its Greek population in 1973 was 587.

Christian Places of Worship: Within this community, is the church of Agios Mamas and the chapels of Archangelos Antifonitis (Holy Monastery) (Byzantine Period), Melantrina (Holy Monastery).

Schools: The 1 Greek Primary Schools had 72 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

Agios Mamas Church

Church

Panagia Melandryna Church

Church

Antifonitis Church

Church

Kalograia Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Cemetery

Schools (1973-74)

Missing & Killed

1 Missing1 Identified2 Killed

Missing (1)

Savvas Savva
Savvas Savva
Father's Name: Petros
Age in 1974: 28 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Reservist
Date Last Seen: 20/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Aspri Moutti
Place Last Seen: Pano Dikomo

Identified (1)

Ioannis Ioannou
Ioannis Ioannou
Father's Name: Christodoulos
Age in 1974: 29 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Reservist
Date Last Seen: 23/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Bellapais
Place Last Seen: Belapais

Killed (2)

Ioannou Ioannis of Christodoulou
Date of Birth: 23.11.1945
Place of Origin: Kalograia
Status: Reservist
Date of Death: Agnosti
Place of Death: Keryneia
Anastasi Sapelou
Date of Birth: 1880
Place of Origin: Kalograia
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Septemvrios 1974
Place of Death: Vitsada

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