Kontemenos Κοντεμένος

Keryneia District

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Kontemenos is a Greek community in the occupied Keryneia District.

Geographical Location: It lies 19 km West of Keryneia and 14 km Northeast of Morfou, on the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos mountain range at an elevation of 220m.

Population: The population of this community consisted in 1960 of 829 Greeks and 2 Maronites. Its Greek population in 1973 was 839.

Christian Places of Worship: Within this community, is the church of Archangelos Michail and the chapels of Profitis Ilias, Agios Georgios.

Schools: The 1 Greek Primary Schools had 88 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

Archangelos Michael Church

Church
Archangelos Michael Church

Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Kontemenos Greek Orthodox Cemetery

Schools (1973-74)

Missing & Killed

5 Missing1 Identified4 Killed

Missing (5)

Pantelis Hadjichristoforou
Pantelis Hadjichristoforou
Father's Name: Hadjichristoforos
Age in 1974: 55 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Civilian
Date Last Seen: 19/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kormakitis
Place Last Seen: Kormakitis
Christakis Panteli
Christakis Panteli
Father's Name: Pantelis
Age in 1974: 27 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Civilian
Date Last Seen: 19/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kormakitis
Place Last Seen: Kormakitis
Nicos Papachristodoulou
Nicos Papachristodoulou
Father's Name: Michael
Age in 1974: 19 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 22/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Kyrenia
Place Last Seen: Keryneia
Andreas Savva
Andreas Savva
Father's Name: Constantinos
Age in 1974: 18 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 22/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Karavas-Kyrenia
Place Last Seen: Keryneia
Andreas Lefteri
Andreas Lefteri
Father's Name: Nicolas
Age in 1974: 44 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Civilian
Date Last Seen: 28/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos

Identified (1)

Aristofanis Andreou
Aristofanis Andreou
Father's Name: Savvas
Age in 1974: 20 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 22/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Between Ayios Georghios and Temblos
Place Last Seen: Templos

Killed (4)

Lefteri Nikolas of Eleftheriou
Date of Birth: 1900
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Polydorou Fani
Date of Birth: 78 Ετών
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Christodoulou Foteini of Ioanni
Date of Birth: 69 Ετών
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Andreou Aristofanis of Savva
Date of Birth: 14.9.1954
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Military
Date of Death: Agnosti
Place of Death: Templos
1 Missing7 Identified15 Killed

Missing (1)

Andreas Lefteri
Andreas Lefteri
Father's Name: Nicolas
Age in 1974: 44 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Civilian
Date Last Seen: 28/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos

Identified (7)

Georghios Andreou
Georghios Andreou
Father's Name: Andreas
Age in 1974: 20 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 21/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Panayiotis Achilleos
Panayiotis Achilleos
Father's Name: Georghios
Age in 1974: 21 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 15/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Costas Katalanou
Costas Katalanou
Father's Name: Christophoros
Age in 1974: 19 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 15/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Between Ayios Ermolaos-Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Soteris Kolovos
Soteris Kolovos
Father's Name: Kyriacos
Age in 1974: 18 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 14/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Andreas Kyriakou
Andreas Kyriakou
Father's Name: Michael
Age in 1974: 20 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 20/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Epiphanios Kyriakou
Epiphanios Kyriakou
Father's Name: Spyros
Age in 1974: 20 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 15/08/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos
Andreas Michael
Andreas Michael
Father's Name: Panayiotis
Age in 1974: 18 years old
Place of Origin: Unknown
Status: Military
Date Last Seen: 20/07/1974
Place of Arrest: Kontemenos
Place Last Seen: Kontemenos

Killed (15)

Aristotelous Andreas of Aristou
Date of Birth: 1956
Place of Origin: Lemesos
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 21.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Achilleos Sotirios of Amvrosiou
Date of Birth: 22.10.1955
Place of Origin: Lefkosia
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Ellinas Andreas of Nikou
Date of Birth: 29.9.1955
Place of Origin: Prasteio Morfou
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Kyriakou Georgios of Andreou
Date of Birth: 30.9.1954
Place of Origin: Lefkosia
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Kyriakou Savvas of Alexandrou
Date of Birth: 1956
Place of Origin: Assia
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Lefteri Nikolas of Eleftheriou
Date of Birth: 1900
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Markou ( Tsangari ) Markos of Ioanni
Date of Birth: 1.10.1956
Place of Origin: Eptakomi
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Menelaou Menelaos of Anastasiou
Date of Birth: 22.12.1954
Place of Origin: Lemesos
Status: Klirotos Anthypolochagos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Papa Antonis of Iosif
Date of Birth: 2.11.1942
Place of Origin: Kormakitis
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Papa Iosif Ilia
Date of Birth: 5.3.1905
Place of Origin: Kormakitis
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Papakonstanti Theodoros of Andrea
Date of Birth: 10.1.1956
Place of Origin: Lympia
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Polydorou Fani
Date of Birth: 78 Ετών
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Fragkeskou Marios of Kosta
Date of Birth: 4.6.1952
Place of Origin: Pallouriotissa
Status: Klirotos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Chatzimarkou Pantelis of Leandrou
Date of Birth: 1.8.1954
Place of Origin: Lefkosia
Status: Klirotos Anthypolochagos
Date of Death: 20.7.1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos
Christodoulou Foteini of Ioanni
Date of Birth: 69 Ετών
Place of Origin: Kontemenos
Status: Citizen
Date of Death: Avgoustos 1974
Place of Death: Kontemenos