It was during the British Era that the Armenian-Catholic community increased in number , due to the arrival of a large number of refugees from the Armenian Genocide ( 1915-1923 ) . In 1931 , there were about 200 Armenian-Catholics in Cyprus , rather poor , and many of them were middle-aged . Most of them became attached to the Latin places of worship , especially the Holy Cross cathedral in Nicosia and Saint Joseph 's convent in Larnaca ; between 1921-1923 , the latter housed a small Armenian-Catholic school , run by Abbot Jean Kouyoumdjian - who served at the convent between 1921-1928 . There was also another Armenian-Catholic cleric , Archimandrite Arsène Khorassandjian , who also served in Larnaca ( and , at times , at the Holy Cross cathedral and the Terra Santa school in Nicosia ) , between 1931-1959
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian religion in Cyprus