{"id":760,"date":"2025-02-17T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/?page_id=760"},"modified":"2025-04-14T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:53:14","slug":"eoka-hideouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/en\/tour\/what-to-see\/eoka-hideouts\/","title":{"rendered":"EOKA Hideouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Lysos area, there is a hideout and four hideouts.<\/p>\n<p>The hideout is located east of the mountain \u201cProfertzii\u201d, about 100 meters below the peak and overlooks the area of \u200b\u200bAgios 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\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n<p>The first hideout was located west, at the foot of \u201cProfertzii\u201d, 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.<\/p>\n<p>The second hideout was located in the orchard of Spyros Raftis, inside a bush, about 300 meters from the chapel of Agios Georgios.<\/p>\n<p>The third hideout is located at the location \u201cKathikas\u201d, 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.<\/p>\n<p>From this hideout, the guerrilla group set out to ambush the English occupation troops at the location \u201cLofos\u201d, which is approximately one kilometer from Lysos. The ambush took place on October 5, 1958. The following guerrillas took part in it:<\/p>\n<p>George Gabriel Steniotis \u201cKimon\u201d from Steni<br \/>\nSavvas Christofi \u201cVladis\u201d from Steni<br \/>\nSavvas Charalambous \u201cKoursaros\u201d from Steni<br \/>\nAndreas Christofi \u201cLontos\u201d from Steni<br \/>\nAristotle Savva \u201cKaraiskakis\u201d from Steni<br \/>\nLoizos Zacharias \u201cKolokotronis\u201d from Polemi<br \/>\nGeorge Christou Popis from Lysos<br \/>\nIosif Michael from Lysos<\/p>\n<p>FEEDERS<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEEDERS of all the fighters in the Lysos area were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artemios Monachos<br \/>\nSpyros Raftis Family<br \/>\nChristou Popi Family<br \/>\nIosif Family Michael<br \/>\nIosif Michael was the liaison between the Lysos groups and Paphos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following guerrillas lived in the &#8220;Vatos&#8221; and &#8220;Agioi Pantos&#8221; hideouts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>George Raftis, Group Leader<br \/>\nEvagoras Pallikaridis Antonis Kalogirou<br \/>\nSavvas Papaefstathiou Georgios Gabriel Steniotis<br \/>\nSavvas Petrides Savvas Christofi<br \/>\nEvangelos Christofi Savvas Charalambous<br \/>\nAndreas Filippidis Andreas Christofi<br \/>\nLoizos Zacharias Panikos Michaelidis<br \/>\nThe fourth hideout was located in the house of Michael Nikolaou in Lysos. In this hideout lived:<\/p>\n<p>Dimitris Konstantinidis, Team Leader<br \/>\nGeorge Christou Popis, from Lysos<br \/>\nAndreas Michael, from Lysos<br \/>\nand others.<\/p>\n<p>Source of information: Georgios Gabriel<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-760 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-square'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220017.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220017-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220017-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220017-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220017-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220018.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220018-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220018-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220018-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220018-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220021.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220021-180x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220021-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220021-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lyssos.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P3220021-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Lysos area, there is a hideout and four hideouts. The hideout is located east of the mountain \u201cProfertzii\u201d, about 100 meters below the peak and overlooks the area of \u200b\u200bAgios Merkourios. 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