Notre Dame de Tyre or Our Lady of Tyre, or simply as Armenian church is a monastic church in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is located in the Arab Ahmet quarter, in Salahi Şevket Street, formerly known as Victoria Street.
Notre Dame de Tyre in 2014
Notre Dame de Tyre, Nicosia, interior looking east, as the monument stood in 1974.
Notre Dame de Tyre, Nicosia, medieval tomb slab as documented in 1974.
Armenian Cypriots are the ethnic Armenian population native to Cyprus. The Armenian Cypriot community has had a significant impact upon the Armenian people as a whole despite its low numbers. During the Middle Ages, Cyprus had an extensive connection with the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, while the Ganchvor monastery had an important presence in Famagusta. During the Ottoman Era, the Virgin Mary church and the Magaravank were very prominent. Certain Armenian Cypriots were or are very prominent on a Panarmenian or international level and the survivors of the Armenian genocide have co-operated and co-existed peacefully with the Turkish Cypriots.
Saint Lazarus' basilica in Larnaca
The Magaravank monastery (1967)
The Eramian Farm House in Pano Deftera
Geographical distribution of Armenian-Cypriots