Crowds mark Assumption Day at Paphos monasteries
Hundreds of worshippers from across Cyprus gathered at monasteries in the Paphos district on Saturday to celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, one of the most important dates in ...
Cyprus to fund restoration of historic Gaza church damaged by Israeli strikes
Cyprus will provide €150,000 to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem towards the restoration of the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza, which was partially destroyed during an Israeli bombardment in October 2023.
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Thirty years on: rethinking Huntington’s Clash of Civilisations
Thirty years on, why revisit Professor Samuel Huntington’s seminal and widely debated book, The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of World Order, published in 1996?
Not to celebrate a ...
Cyprus celebrates Epiphany (Updated)
Greek Orthodox Christians across Cyprus celebrate the Epiphany on Saturday, one of the most important days on the Greek Orthodox calendar.
The day marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in ...
Priests prohibiting the burial of non-Christians is a lie, Paphos bishop says
Paphos bishop Tychikos on Sunday denied allegations that the church refused to bury non-Christians in local cemeteries.
He said such information comes from circles whose sole purpose is to tarnish ...
Christodoulides: ‘Cyprus can be a model of coexistence’
Cyprus can be a model of peaceful coexistence of people of different religions and cultures through the resolution of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday.
He was ...
Gunmen kill worshippers during church service in Nigeria -media
Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo state during mass on Sunday, killing several people, local media reported.
A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a town ...