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Archbishop criticises ‘unacceptable’ behaviour of protestors
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday said those who had pushed their way through the police cordon during a demonstration on Saturday against the closure of the...
Archbishop’s operation successful say doctors
Archbishop Chrysostomos’ operation at the Carolina Medical Center in the US was a successful one, his doctors announced on Friday. The archbishop’s office cited Dr...
Archbishop under pressure over conversion of historic mansion into byzantine museum (Update)
By Niki Charalambous KEEPING the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios mansion as an ethnological museum is a matter of public interest, the transport ministry said on Monday following...
Row raging within the Church of Cyprus
A row is raging within the Church of Cyprus, pitting Archbishop Chrysostomos against three bishops over the autonomy granted to the Ukrainian Church by the...
Archbishop says will return passport ‘donations’ if proven money was dirty
Archbishop Chrysostomos said Tuesday he was prepared to return €310,000 he received from a now wanted Malaysian businessman who secured Cypriot citizenship through the island’s...
AG says waiting for government action before intervening on citizenship issue
Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday he will wait for government actions on the citizenship issue before deciding on whether to intervene. “I am waiting...
Bishop lambasted by state officials, Church distances itself
Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday said that the controversial statements on homosexuals by the Bishop of Morphou ought to be retracted in a way...
Archbishop distances himself from bishop’s homosexual statements
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday the controversial statements on homosexuality made by Morphou Bishop Neophytos do not represent him, while five days after they were...
Patriarchs of region hold meeting in Nicosia
Patriarchs Theodore of Alexandria, John of Antioch, and Theophilos of Jerusalem held a joint meeting in Nicosia on Thursday with Archbishop Chrysostomos. During the meeting...
Turkey wants entire island, archbishop says
Archbishop Chrysostomos said he was not concerned about a two-state solution because he knew Turkey wanted the entire island. Chrysostomos, who celebrated his name day...
Archbishop undergoes successful surgery (Updated)
Archbishop Chrysostomos, who has undergone successful surgery in London to remove two small tumours from his liver, is feeling well and is expected to make...
Archbishop denies claims of links with tainted Athos monastery
Archbishop Chrysostomos has vehemently denied allegations that he was asked to provide financial support to one of the monasteries at Mount Athos, Greece’s self-governing monastic...
Archbishop discharged following surgery
Archbishop Chrysostomos has been discharged from hospital where he had undergone surgery to remove a tumour from his large intestine, it was announced on Thursday....
Archbishop delivers sombre Easter message
Archbishop Chrysostomos in his Easter sermon called for vigilance and a change of attitude towards settlement negotiations, saying that Cyprus found itself ‘inexcusably’ unprepared after...
Greek businessman who attended president’s inauguration invades pitch with pistol
The owner of Paok Thessalonikis, tipped to buy a Church-controlled television station in Cyprus and who attended the president’s inauguration at the invitation of the archbishop, went...
Single parents chastise Church for calling them ‘problematic’
The single parents’ association on Tuesday chastised the archbishopric for referring to divorced parents as a ‘problematic situation’. The “outdated rules” were referenced in the...
Archbishop lends support to Anastasiades
The head of the Church of Cyprus on Friday voiced his support for incumbent Nicos Anastasiades in Sunday’s presidential election, appearing certain that Stavros Malas...
Archbishop threatened antiquities head over church land
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Friday admitted to having threatened antiquities department acting head Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou after she refused to revoke the designation of a plot of...
Archbishop calls for Eide to be replaced
Archbishop Chrysostomos has called for the replacement of UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide following the latter’s interviews, published during the weekend, which drew the...
