In the Lysos area, there is a hideout and four hideouts.
The hideout is located east of the mountain “Profertzii”, about 100 meters below the peak and overlooks the area of Agios Merkourios. From the top of the mountain, one can see almost the entire surrounding area and during the Battle, one could monitor all the enemy’s movements.
The first hideout was located west, at the foot of “Profertzii”, 500 meters above the chapel of Agioi Pantos, property of the late fighter and hieromonk Artemios. The mouth of the hideout was closed with a bush.
The second hideout was located in the orchard of Spyros Raftis, inside a bush, about 300 meters from the chapel of Agios Georgios.
The third hideout is located at the location “Kathikas”, in the field of Christos Popis. This hideout was closed with a lid and was underground. The hideout was built by guerrillas and housed by the owner of the field and father of the late guerrilla fighter, Georgios Christos Popis.
From this hideout, the guerrilla group set out to ambush the English occupation troops at the location “Lofos”, which is approximately one kilometer from Lysos. The ambush took place on October 5, 1958. The following guerrillas took part in it:
George Gabriel Steniotis “Kimon” from Steni
Savvas Christofi “Vladis” from Steni
Savvas Charalambous “Koursaros” from Steni
Andreas Christofi “Lontos” from Steni
Aristotle Savva “Karaiskakis” from Steni
Loizos Zacharias “Kolokotronis” from Polemi
George Christou Popis from Lysos
Iosif Michael from Lysos
FEEDERS
FEEDERS of all the fighters in the Lysos area were:
Artemios Monachos
Spyros Raftis Family
Christou Popi Family
Iosif Family Michael
Iosif Michael was the liaison between the Lysos groups and Paphos.
The following guerrillas lived in the “Vatos” and “Agioi Pantos” hideouts:
George Raftis, Group Leader
Evagoras Pallikaridis Antonis Kalogirou
Savvas Papaefstathiou Georgios Gabriel Steniotis
Savvas Petrides Savvas Christofi
Evangelos Christofi Savvas Charalambous
Andreas Filippidis Andreas Christofi
Loizos Zacharias Panikos Michaelidis
The fourth hideout was located in the house of Michael Nikolaou in Lysos. In this hideout lived:
Dimitris Konstantinidis, Team Leader
George Christou Popis, from Lysos
Andreas Michael, from Lysos
and others.
Source of information: Georgios Gabriel
