Reconstruction of the Armenian cemetery in Nicosia will be accomplished in April-May 2009, the Secretariat of the Armenian Church of Cyprus told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The Government of the Republic of Cyprus has generously assigned 153 000 euro for the project with total cost of 300 000 euro.
Restoration of the chapel, outer walls, preservation of existing tombstones is already in progress. The cemetery will also be supplied with electricity and water. A monument will also be erected on the site in memory of those buried.
It is planned to celebrate holy mass followed by a memorial service in the chapel of the cemetery on the Sunday after Easter every year.
The Secretariat also called for donations essential to complete the works.
