Two Byzantine icons depicting the Evangelists Matthew and Mark have been repatriated to Cyprus, ending a displacement that began more than half a century ago. The icons are Palaiologan works dating from the 14th century and originate from the Byzantine Church of Panagia Phorviotissa at Asinou. Before the Turkish invasion of 1974 they had been transferred to the premises of the Holy Metropolis of Kyrenia, from where they were unlawfully removed. Following the discovery of the icons in the United Kingdom, documentation of their movements and recognition of the legal rights of the Church of Cyprus secured their return. The icons were handed over to the Holy Metropolis of Morphou at no financial cost, as the holder did not seek compensation. The outcome was made possible by the decisive efforts of Byzantinist Dr Christodoulos Hadjichristodoulou, adviser to the Holy Metropolis of Morphou on Byzantine and post-Byzantine monuments, and art historian Maria Paphiti, former head of the icons department at Christie's, both specialists in the repatriation of cultural property, together with Bishop Porphyrios of Neapolis and lawyer George Hadjipieris. The Holy Metropolis of Morphou also thanked the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, the Chief of the Cyprus Police, Interpol and theologian and iconographer George Petrou. The icons of the Evangelists Mark and Matthew are described as invaluable testimonies to Byzantine art and to Cyprus's ecclesiastical and cultural heritage. It is recalled that two further icons from the Great Deesis of Panagia Phorviotissa, depicting the Apostles Peter and Paul, were repatriated from New York in 2007.