Cyprus: Vassos Lyssaridis is buried today

The founder and former president of EDEK, Vassos Lyssaridis, who passed away on April 26 at the age of 101, is being buried today.

The funeral service will be held at 11 in the morning at the Holy Temple of God Sophia, in Strovolos, Nicosia, presided over by the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostom.

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis will deliver a funeral speech, while the “present” will be given by the President of the Movement for Change Fofi Gennimata, who will go from Greece to Cyprus especially for this purpose.

Vassos Lyssaridis was a visionary and one of the authors and protagonists of modern Cypriot history, said on Tuesday afternoon the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis. Speaking to reporters at the Vassos Lyssaridis Foundation, where he went to sign the book of condolences opened for Vassos Lyssaridis, President Anastasiadis said, according to AMPE, that he had signed as one of the many witnesses to a leader. a fighter for freedom, democracy, human rights. “A leader who identifies his life and identified his life with the struggles for the freedom of the Republic of Cyprus, the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, the establishment of political life and political discourse. A visionary who is one of the writers and protagonists of modern Cypriot history “, he added.

Vassos Lyssaridis was a Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus. Instead of wreaths, contributions will be made to the Lyssaridis Foundation. The contributions will be available exclusively for scholarships for needy graduates of the Pancyprian High School.

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