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436:). He received the Golden Key of the Municipality of Lefkara, while the City of Nicosia declared him an Honorary Citizen in 2003 and named the area between Delphi and Zannetou Streets in the parish of St Andreas as Stelios Joannou Square. He was also honoured by the American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF), the Pancyprian Land and Building Developers Association (LBDA), the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KEBE) ‘for his valuable contribution to the development of Cyprus’ relations with Arab countries’, and the Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK) ‘for his contribution to the promotion of engineering science and his overall social contribution’ (7 May 2011), as well as by various sports institutions and associations such as the Nicosia District National Football Federation (ΕΠΟΠΛ), the National Youth Union Mammari Rotsides Football Club and the Union of Cyprus Sports Writers. On 17 October 2016 Cyprus Post released a stamp with his image, included in the Great Cypriot Benefactors series.
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183:, where his father owned and successfully directed a small inn that operated in parallel as a trading post for various goods. Growing up in the environment of the famous ‘Ttofi’s Inn’, also called ‘St Anthony’s Inn’, Ioannou had the opportunity to receive a hands-on business education and to witness first-hand the problems, strengths and needs faced by the rural population and the people active in production and trade in
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renamed the Center for
Preventive Paediatrics in 2002, and through further grants towards the operation of the St Christopher Home (1998) and the Integrated Residential Units (EOM) that care for adults with learning difficulties who lack home care. These intensive efforts, as well as the leading role played by Stelios and Ellie Joannou in the introduction and establishment of the Special Olympics Institution in
237:), Sylvia and Christos, and together they embarked on a long and fruitful path as philanthropists. Their charitable endeavours intensified after the death of their younger son, Christos, in a car accident in 1971, at the age of 26. Despite his international business success, Ioannou never forgot his origins. Firmly committed to the interests of his homeland, he became a great benefactor of
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432:(for his contribution towards the rebuilding of the Patriarchate building), the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, the Melathron Agoniston EOKA (House of Cypriot Freedom Fighters) and the Aspis Refugee Club-Association. He was awarded the Medal for Outstanding Service of the Republic of Cyprus (presented to Ellie Joannou (Ioannou) on 18 January 2001 by
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and collector of contemporary art, is the founder of the DESTE Foundation for
Contemporary Art and sits on the boards of various institutions and internationally acclaimed modern art museums. Sylvia Ioannou is the founder of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, which holds one of the world’s most important
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Stelios
Joannou was named the first president and major benefactor of the Lions Care for Youth Foundation (ΛΙΑΑΠ) and was also the first and major benefactor of the Agia Skepi Therapeutic Community (1998), which assists substance abusers undergoing detoxification. The foundation of a research centre
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A true humanist who exhibited a great sensibility for literary and cultural affairs, Ellie
Joannou (Ioannou) was repeatedly presented with awards for her contributions by such entities as the Red Cross and Stasinos, the Association of Greek Philologists of Cyprus (1981). After the death of Stelios
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activities, strengthening or establishing charitable, medical and educational institutions and historical and cultural associations and aiding monasteries, churches, and patriarchates, as well as sports and refugee associations. Significant achievements of their rich social and benevolent efforts
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To this day, Joannou & Paraskevaides continues its successful international course in construction projects. Its Greek subsidiary, J&P Hellas S.A., has been active since 1993, initially as Zeus A.T.E. and later renamed J&P Hellas A.T.E. Following a merger with AVAX S.A., the current,
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was envisioned by Ellie
Joannou (Ioannou) and was financed by herself and her children in memory of Stelios Joannou. In 2007, the University honoured him by naming the centre the Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies. Ellie Joannou (Ioannou) also spearheaded the
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The
Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation was established in 1983 for the care, training, rehabilitation and social reintegration of people with learning difficulties. This organization was augmented by a contribution towards the creation in 1988 of the Mental Retardation Prevention Center, later
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Some of the distinctions bestowed, in life and posthumously, on
Stelios Joannou for his contributions to business and social causes include the following. He was awarded the Order of the Sultanate of Oman and the Gold Medal of Zeno of Citium (accepted on behalf of the Christos Stelios Ioannou
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of 1974, by providing work for thousands of unemployed
Cypriots. Economic recovery was also furthered by Ioannou’s instrumental and decisive company policy initiative whereby recruitment of any employee was conditional on accepting payment of two thirds of their salary in
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Joannou, she furthered their common causes and worked towards the implementation of many of the visions that her husband did not live to realize, most significantly the construction of the exceptional
Library and Learning Resource Centre at the
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and was responsible for the financial administration and management of the enterprise. Initially they undertook the execution of defensive military works for the protection of Cyprus from German and
Italian air raids during
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Stelios Joannou passed away at the age of 84 on 8 May 1999 at the Nicosia General Hospital, where he had undergone surgery for an aortic aneurysm. The funeral was conducted by the Archbishop of
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Address by the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiadis at the unveiling of busts of Stelios and Ellie Joannou (Ioannou) at the Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation (6 October 2013):
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Averof Neophytou, ‘Η προσφορά του Στέλιου Ιωάννου στην οικονομία και την κοινωνία μας’, speech delivered at an event in honour of Stelios Joannou, Nicosia, 5 December 2016:
305:. Later, in 1961, the partners founded the J&P construction company, through which they expanded their activities outside the shores of the island and firmly placed
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instead of in the foreign countries where the company was active. In this way, substantial transfers of necessary capital were funnelled back into
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566:‘ΠτΔ: Ύψιστη απόδειξη φιλαλληλίας ο εθελοντισμός. Ο Στέλιος και η Έλλη Ιωάννου «χάραξαν μια νέα πορεία στα άτομα με νοητικά προβλήματα»’,
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The social and intellectual legacy of Stelios and Ellie Joannou (Ioannou) has been continued and expanded by their children
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The facade of the Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford
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A brief description and appraisal of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation by the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA):
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Pampos Vasilas, ‘Μετάλλιο Εξαίρετων Υπηρεσιών στο Στέλιο Ιωάννου. Η Κύπρος τίμησε τον εθνικό ευεργέτη’,
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newspaper (11 May 1999); Demetra Molyva, "Tributes to Businessman and Philanthropist Stelios Ioannou",
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region were crucial for the recovery of the Cypriot economy, which had collapsed in the wake of the
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http://www.kathimerini.gr/284458/article/politismos/arxeio-politismoy/mia-dwrean-ependysh-sto-ayrio
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The Stelios Ioannou Learning Resource Centre on the official website of the University of Cyprus:
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Summary of the Association of Friends of the Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation:
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newspaper (11 May 1999); ‘Κηδεύτηκε χθες ο Στέλιος Ιωάννου’,
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through the support of various Humanities study programmes.
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http://www2.cytanet.com.cy/laionikos-odigos/st/st-10-6.htm
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http://www2.cytanet.com.cy/laionikos-odigos/st/st-10-3.htm
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A brief history of the Agia Skepi Therapeutic Community:
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Stamp featuring Stelios Joannou issued by Cyprus Post
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through his charity and entrepreneurial activities.
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construction firm, known by its trademark, J&P.
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http://www.ioannoufriends.org/gr/Contributions.html
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513:'Ιωάννου & Παρασκευαΐδης Λτδ. Διαχρονική Αξία’
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