Wife of Eoka hero Afxentiou dies ages 96
The wife of Eoka fighter Grigoris Afxentiou, Vasiliki, died on Thursday at the age of 96, the social media group Eoka memories 1955-1959 announced.
The group expressed their condolences to her family.
In an interview with the magazine of The Times of Cyprus after his death in 1957, she said that they had been married on June 10, 1955, in the village of Karavas.
They had no children, but according to the interview she gave, Afxentiou’s father allowed her to raise the daughter of Afxetiou’s sister.
Later in the day, President Nikos Christodoulides sent his condolences.
“She was a woman that brought honour to the country through standing by the hero and symbol our country, and honouring his sacrifice until her passing,” he said.
He also expressed the condolences of all the government members.