Prodromos Xenophontos

He was born in the village of Agridaki¹, in the province of Kyrenia, in 1941.

He was tortured to death by British interrogators in the Zefyros detention center² in the province of Kyrenia, on November 12, 1958.

Prodromos Xenophontos finished the primary school of his village and was an excellent student. His father's financial difficulties did not allow him to continue his studies and he worked as a foundry. He was bold, adventurous and loved hunting and sports.

He took the EOKA oath in August 1957, at the age of just sixteen, at his own insistence and worked in the struggle alongside his brothers. His first assignments were to distribute leaflets, talk over the loudspeaker and monitor various movements, mainly of soldiers. He was also very active in the establishment of ethnic-minded associations in his village, to which Kyriakos Matsis, head of the area, attached particular importance. Prodromos was a member of the committees of the religious association and the new guild of his village.

When his older brother Zacharias, who was a supplier of the Matsis rebel groups in Kyparissovounos³, was arrested, Prodromos took over the supply.

On November 7, 1958, he carried food to the rebels with his partner. The English had information about his mission as well as evidence, when they discovered the tracks of his shoes near the tree, where they found the food and arrested him. He was subjected to exhaustive interrogation.

His refusal to reveal anything was followed by horrendous torture to death. When he was delivered to his family dead, after four days, his skull was broken by the iron hoop, which the English used in torture. His fingernails were also all removed.

Today, one of the National Guard camps in Limassol bears the name of the seventeen-year-old hero.