medievalists.net/2026/10/two-stolen-byzantine-icons-returned-to-cyprus-after-50-years Two Stolen Byzantine Icons Returned to Cyprus After 50 Years
Two 14th-century Byzantine icons of the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, stolen after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, have been returned from the United Kingdom. They come from the Church of Asinou's Great Deesis series, and four other icons from the set are still missing.