ILLUSTRATIONS

The Asinou Church in the Troodos mountains, filled with its sacred art. Image © David Hands.

The Asinou Church in the Troodos mountains, filled with its sacred art. Image © David Hands.

A Cypriot church in the occupied area, stripped of all its art and icons. Image © David Hands.

A view of the ancient city of Salamis. Image © Kathy Barrett.

Iconostasis at the Antiphonitis Church in occupied Cyprus.

A small sampling of what was found in Aydin Dikmen’s apartment during the Munich Sting.

Part of a fresco ripped from a church wall and found during the Munich Sting.

Tasoula surveys the findings in Munich with Archbishop Chrysostomos I and Rob Polak.

Van Rijn, Peter Kitschler, and Tasoula hold an artifact recovered during the Munich Sting.

Tasoula’s parents begin to pray upon seeing a fresco of Kankaria’s “Saint Thadeos” upon its recovery in Munich.

Tasoula’s parents begin to pray upon seeing a fresco of Kankaria’s “Saint Thadeos” upon its recovery in Munich.

Stolen royal doors that were sold to Kanazawa College of Art in Japan.

Tasoula and Bishop Vasilios returning the Archangel Michael to Cyprus.

Tasoula and the archbishop look at a fresco returned voluntarily by a Greek collector.

Demos Christou, Tasoula, Archbishop Chrysostomos I, Rob Polak, and Athanasios Papageorgiou.

The Order of Saint Barnabas medal ceremony.

Archbishop Chrysostomos I and Tasoula’s daughter, Sophia.

Icons looted from the Antiphonitis Church after being restored and subsequently sold to the Lanses.

One of the four apostles of Antiphonitis after it was ripped from an iconostasis, prior to its restoration and sale to the Lanses.

Rob Polak, Tasoula, and Thomas Kline at the Peace Palace Conference, The Hague.

Looking into the past at the “Ghost City” of Famagusta.

Desecrated grave of Tasoula’s grandmother in Mandres, an occupied area. Images © Kathy Barrett.

Surrounded by barbed wire—one of the few churches still standing in the occupied area. Image © Kathy Barrett.

Tasoula and her father prepare to face their past in the occupied area of Famagusta.

Tasoula, her father, and Savvas Kyriacou look out upon the area they once called home.

Michael Kyprianou and Tasoula in Cyprus. Image © Kathy Barrett.

Tasoula with her son, Andreas.

Tasoula and her husband, Michael—the “Golden Couple.”

Tasoula and Sophia.

Michael and Marina.