Neoklis Kyriazis ( el, Νεοκλής Κυριαζής; 1877 – August 1956) was a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

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and

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known for his significant contributions to the

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Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. He was a member of the National Council of Cyprus.

Family

Neoklis Kyriazis was born in 1877 in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

. His father was George Kyriazis, one of five

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brothers from

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, who founded the

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empire Kyriazi Freres. His mother was Zafiro Odyssea Chasapoglou great granddaughter of Tselepis Hadji-Petrakis Kytherios (1770–1830), one of the richest landowners in

. Neoklis’ maternal grandmother, Maritsa Tano, was a descendant of the Tano family, belonging to the

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. He married Maria Pieridi (1871–1953), herself a descendant of another

family ( Cariddi).

Historical work

Kyriazis was a member of the National Council of

. As a member of the St Lazarus Committee he founded the Museum of St Lazarus church in

Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 144 ...

. One of his greatest achievements was the salvage and subsequent publication of many historical details concerning

through the ages. He started publishing articles on this subject from 1909, and over a period of 47 years he published several books and over 370 articles and studies. He participated in the publication of the monumental ‘Cyprus Chronicles’ ( Kypriaka Chronica) a scientific/historical magazine (1923–1937) consisting of 4200 pages. These Chronicles were under the auspices of a four-member committee (the

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Kition Kition (Egyptian language, Egyptian: ; Phoenician language, Phoenician: , , or , ; Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ) was a petty kingdom, city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca). According to the text on the plaque clos ...

Nikodemos Mylonas, prof. Ioannis Sykoutris, Loukis Z Pieridis, and Neoklis Kyriazis), and covered every aspect of the history of Cyprus from the ancient times through to the

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and subsequently

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occupation. Kyriazis was the only, or nearly only, author of this periodical from 1929–1937.

Medical doctor

He worked as

in Larnaca and wrote both scientific and popular papers on the

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, a subject continued by his grandson Dr

Marios Kyriazis Marios Kyriazis ( el, Μάριος Κυριαζής) (born 11 March 1956) is a medical doctor and gerontologist. He is known for work, publications and involvement with life extension. Applying the concept of hormesis on anti-ageing medicine, K ...

. As a doctor he was credited with the founding of a quarantine facility to prevent the spread of

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from sailors visiting Larnaca. His medical library, instruments and other memorabilia are now exhibited at the

Kyriazis Medical Museum The Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus was established in 2011.Politis newspaper 19 October 2011, p. 50 It displays medical items, books, and framed documents relating to the practice of Cypriot medicine and the history of medicine in Cy ...

in Larnaca.

Books

*Popular Medicine (Dimodis Iatriki), 1926 *Historical Pages, 1929 *Bibliography of Cyprus (Kypriaki Bibliographia), 1935 *Cypriot Proverbs (Kypriakai Paroimiai), 1940 *Social Activities of Larnaca, 1947 *Historical News of the Holy

Stavrovouni Monastery Stavrovouni Monastery ( el, Ιερά Μονή Σταυροβουνίου) is a Greek Orthodox monastery which stands on the top of a hill called Stavrovouni (Greek: Σταυροβούνι) in Cyprus; it is sometimes simply known as Stavrovouni. T ...

, 1948 *History of the Holy

Kykkos Monastery Kykkos Monastery ( el, Ιερά Μονή Κύκκου or [] for short, tr, Cikko Manastırı), which lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, is one of the wealthiest and best-known monastery, monasteries in Cyprus. The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of ...

, 1949 *Monasteries in Cyprus, 1950 *Names of the Holy Mother (Eponymiai tis Panagias), 1950 *The Villages of Cyprus, 1952 *History of Larnaca Municipality (published posthumously in 1995)

Honours

The Bishop of

said: ''Kyriazis was a rare and constructive personality with live national consciousness and selfless love for this island''. Larnaca Municipality honoured Kyriazis by naming a street after him. The Society of Cypriot Studies dedicated a commemorative plaque Kypros Chrisanthis, Kypriakai Spoudai MΣT 1982. in the courtyard of St Lazarus church. This roughly translates as:

''Of the same craft as Aesculapius'' - ''Neoklis Kyriazis'' - ''Humble pride of Larnaca'' - ''Lover of honourable letters'' - ''And sailor of the manuscripts'' - ''We salute you''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyriazis, Neoklis Greek Cypriot people 1877 births 1956 deaths People from Nicosia Historians of Europe