 Nokusvika kwevaBritain muna July 1878 uye kutonga kwavo kunofambira mberi, nzanga duku yechiArmenian yechitsuwa chacho yakasimbiswa zvikuru. Vachizivikanwa nounyanzvi hwavo hwomutauro, vaArmenia vanoverengeka vakabvumirana kuCyprus kuti vashande sevashanduri uye vashandi vehurumende kumahofisi ehurumende nehurumende yeBritain, vakadai saApisoghom Utidjian. Nhamba yevaArmenian muCyprus yakawedzera zvikuru zvichitevera kudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda, kuurayiwa uye kuparadzwa kwevanhurwakaitwa navaOttoman navaYoung Turks. Kupro yakagamuchira vapoteri vanopfuura 10 000 vakabva kuKirikia, Smirna neConstantinople, avo vakasvika muLarnaca nedzimwe nhandare dzayo dzose, vanenge 1 500 vavo vakaita chitsuwa chacho musha wavo mutsva. Vachishanda nesimba, vakadzidza uye vaifambira mberi, vakaunza upenyu hutsva munharaunda yekare ndokuzvisimbisa sevanhu vemifananidzo, tsamba nesayenzi, vanamuzvinabhizimisi nevatengesi, mhizha nevatori vemifananidzo, pamwe chete nenyanzvi dzakaunza hunyanzvi hutsva, ndiro uye zvihwitsi kuchitsuwa ichi, nokudaro zvichibatsira mukusimudzira hupfumi hweCyprus netsika. Vatsva vacho vakatanga masangano, makwaya, mapoka emitambo, mapoka evasori, mabhendi, machechi, zvikoro uye makuva muCyprus yose. VaArmenia vakanga vari varuki vokutanga, vanogadzira michina, vagadziri vezvigaro, makumbo uye zvitambi, vagadziri vematehwe, vagadziri vemaawa uye vagadziri vemazinc muCyprus. Ivo ndivo vakatanga kuunza bhaisikopo, ivo vakavandudza zvakanyanya hunyanzvi hwekugadzira shangu uye vaive maArmenian avo vakatanga kuunza maArmenian bastourma, baklava, apricots akaomeswa, gassosa, gyros, halva, ice cubes, koubes, lahmadjoun, lokmadhes uye pompes mukicheni yeCypriot. VaArmenia vakatangawo unyanzvi huviri hwokugona: basa raAintab nebasa raMarash. 