"Cyprus and the Greek Revolution of 1821"

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The population of Cyprus currently stands at 80,000 Greeks and 20,000 Turks. The Turks knew that the Greek Cypriots not only do not intend to revolt, but were also unarmed and excavated in war projects and that they had a long tradition of peaceful life and legal behavior.

The Friendly Society and Cyprus
Cyprus was included by the Friendly Society in the rebellion program along with all Greek countries. To this end, various persons, clergy and laymen as well as the member of the friendly company Archimandrite Theophilactos Thesees contacted Archbishop of Cyprus. Demetrius Ipatros and Antonios Pelopidas had also visited the Archbishop and the prefects of the island as envoys of the Philiki Society. Alexander Hipsilantis also sent a letter to Archbishop Kyprianou in October 1820, which refers to the promised assistance of the Cypriot prelate for the establishment of a school in the Peloponnese. The Society of Friends found a fertile soil for expansion in Larnaca, the main urban center of the island with many merchants, mainly seven-seamen. Many associate the descent of the Philics with the spread of Masonry on the island and the subsequent damning circular of Kyprianou against it in 1815, which postpones the descent of the Philicians in time before 1817.

The Summer Events of 1821
Kyprianou tries to entertain the suspicions of the Turks about the action of the Philiki Society - the actions of which he is aware - and the imminent eruption of the Revolution on the island. Konstantinos Kanaris is docked for a few days, in June 1821, in the village of Agios Sergios near Salamina and then goes to the small port of Asprobris near Lapithos. Forms for the firing of Turkish rage at the expense of Cypriots stood both the arrival on the island of Kanari and the arrival of the nephew of Archbishop Kyprianou Theophilactos Theseos in Larnaca and the casting there of revolutionary proclamations. Although they precede the hanging of Gregory V, the High Gate reacts forcefully by sending an army to the island and issuing an order to disarm and suppress any revolt. The Turkish commander asks for the disarmament of the Greeks of the island and the Archbishop with his circular on 22 April 1821 urges residents to surrender their armaments and on 23 April the disarmament decree is executed. On May 3, persecutions took place on the island under the pretext of the arms investigation. Kyprianou in a desperate attempt to appease the Turks for possible revolt, issues a circular then order of the muhasili Cyprus Koutsik Mehmet, appeaseing the fear of Cypriots. It was the last known document by Archbishop Kyprianou.

The Cyprus Church in Revolutionary times (1821-1833)
Kyprianou with several Metropolitan abbots and priests were slaughtered. Also, churches and monasteries were looted and I was deported