When you think of someone doing right by the Church of Cyprus, you probably don’t think of Boy George. And yet there he was, returning an icon he’d bought (without realizing its origin) in 1985, years after the Turkish invasion. The BBC writes:
Boy George — real name George O’Dowd — said he was “happy the icon is going back to its original rightful home.”
“I have always been a friend of Cyprus and have looked after the icon for 26 years,” he added. “I look forward to seeing the icon on display in Cyprus for the moment and finally to the Church of St. Charalambos from where it was illegally stolen.”
But what I thought was interesting about the media coverage was the language used by CBS/Associated Press in reporting on the same:
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