{"id":1878,"date":"2017-09-14T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statos-agiosphotios.org\/?page_id=1878"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:05:38","slug":"heroes-monument","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.statos-agiosphotios.org\/en\/tour\/heroes-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 486px;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1878'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The heroes\u2019 monument with the cupreous statues of Kostakis Savvides and Philippos I. Kritiotis is located in the parvis of the church of Sotiros (The Saviour) in the village Statos\/ Agios Photios .<\/p>\n<p>These two men were born and raised in a small village in Paphos, named Statos. They both were soldiers in 1974, when the Turkish invasion occured. Philippos was killed a day after the coup took place, by people who planned the coup (E.O.K.A. B\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Kostakis Savvides was murdered by Turks during the second invasion on the 16th of August, when he was called to protect his country by trying to intercept the march of the invader near the suburb of Aglantzia.<\/p>\n<p>When the coup occurred, Philippos Kritiotis was on leave in Statos. As soon as he found out about the coup, he tried to go to Nicosia. According to witnesses, he was seen fighting in Limassol. He was arrested by people of\u00a0 E.O.K.A. B\u2019 and was executed on the 16th of July\u00a0 in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>The annual memorial service reminds to everyone the lethal summer of 1974. The busts of these two young men are an indisputable proof of the tragic events of 1974.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Sources<\/u><\/strong><u>:<\/u><br \/>\nPresident of Statos-Agios Photios Community Council, Mr. Christofis Michael<br \/>\nCyprus 1972-1974, Democracy was built on blood, ed. Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Nicosia 2004.<\/p>\n<div id=\"69f0ef42072ab\" class=\"gg_gallery_wrap gg_true_gallery gg_standard_gallery gid_2139 gg_hidden_ol gg_ol_bottom_mode gg_main_ol_show_on_h \" data-gg_ol=\"default\"  rel=\"2139\" data-nores-txt=\"No images found\">              <div class=\"gg_loader\">            <div class=\"ggl_1\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_2\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_3\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_4\"><\/div>        <\/div>  <div class=\"gg_container\"><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/www.statos-agiosphotios.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/heroes-1.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"heroes (1)\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"0\" rel=\"2139\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/www.statos-agiosphotios.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/200x200_100_1_c_FFFFFF_73892c4b31a9a6cd9123113fcaa2841e.jpg\" alt=\"heroes (1)\" 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