Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-08-21

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[01] Bishop Nikoforos pledges church aid to orphans of recent disasters

[02] Health Minister says support system for relatives of victims drafted

[01] Bishop Nikoforos pledges church aid to orphans of recent disasters

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Bishop Nikiforos pledges church aid to orphans of recent disasters

Nicosia, Aug 21 (CNA) -- Bishop Nikiforos of Kykko Monastery announced here today that the monastery will adopt all under-age children, whose parents were killed in the two most recent disasters that have hit Cyprus, an air crash and a road accident.

During the Sunday sermon, the Bishop said he would propose to the Holy Synod, the Church highest body, to set up a special fund to support the families of the victims.

Last Sunday, 121 persons - most of them Cypriots - were killed when an Helios Airways Boeing 737 crashed into Grammatiko mountainside near Athens. On Friday night seven Cypriots were killed in a road accident in Sharm El Sheikh.

''Kykko Monastery will donate annually 2.500 pounds to each child until they come of age. The Church has to help those grandparents and other relatives who now have to bring up the orphaned children,'' he said.

He called on church related organizations and local business to contribute to the fund.

CNA MM/2005 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[02] Health Minister says support system for relatives of victims drafted

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Health Minister: support system for relatives of victims drafted

Nicosia, Aug 21 (CNA) -- Health Minister Andreas Gavrielides said here today that government services, dealing with the aftermath of Friday's fatal road accident in Egypt in which seven Cypriots were killed, have decided on the support strategy for the relatives of those killed and injured.

Speaking at Larnaca airport as he waits for the arrival of the dead, injured and their relatives, he said the bodies will be transported to Limassol and Nicosia hospitals where the victims came from and relatives can contact the injured on Monday.

Relatives who had traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, where the road accident happened when a minibus carrying 13 Cypriots overturned, will hold a brief memorial service at Larnaca airport when the bodies arrive before midnight.

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