Ayios Theodoros Karpasias is a village at the base of the Karpas peninsula of Cyprus, which dates back, in the 2nd century B.C.
Nearby is the famous Cape Elea covered with low forest and thousands of olive trees.
At that time many of the people of Ayia Theodora (a nearby town destroyed during the attacks) moved to Ayios Theodoros.
Kikis Photiatis is also a well-known artist from Ayios Theodoros and many of the themes of his paintings stem from his village life.
Two other intellectuals, Constantinos Kentis and Antonis Dhiglis have played a major educational role at the beginning of this century.
Two youth from the village, Tasos Anastasi and Yiannos Koumi, were killed in action on 20 July 1974, the first day of the invasion.
Illegal Turkish settlers form Anatolia were brought in to live in the Greek properties of Ayios Theodoros.