Traffic measures announced for Popi Christoforou funeral in Limassol

Limassol, Cyprus. Special traffic arrangements will be in place around Holy Trinity Church on Thursday for the funeral of Popi Christoforou, as police expect large numbers of mourners.

The funeral service for Christoforou, the mother of twin National Guardsmen Miltos and Christos Christoforou, will begin at 2pm.

Traffic and parking arrangements

Police and the Limassol municipal traffic department urged attendees to avoid travelling to the church by car where possible and to use municipal parking facilities in the area.

Available parking includes the multi-storey municipal car park on Salaminos Street, municipal car parks in Epichosi and other municipal parking areas.

Drivers who need to approach the church by car have been asked to use Zenonos Street in a southerly direction. Only the church’s eastern entrance will be open to vehicles.

Christoforou’s legacy

Christoforou died on Sunday after battling cancer.

She became a prominent figure among relatives of the 13 people killed in the July 11, 2011 explosion at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari, in which she lost her twin sons.

She campaigned for accountability and justice following the explosion and left detailed instructions for her funeral.

She asked mourners to wear white and requested burial in her father’s grave rather than at Sfalangiotissa cemetery, where her sons are buried.