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The Holy Synod decided on Wednesday unanimously to rewrite the Church of Cyprus’ statute, after identifying ambiguities and difficulties in its implementation. Archimandrite Georgios Christodoulou – the Holy Synod’s chief ...

The separation of Church and state is a fundamental pillar of liberal democracy and efforts have been made for many decades now to get organised Churches out of politics. This ...

Conservation works will soon start at two historic churches in northern Cyprus, the co-chairman of the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage, Sotos Ktoris, said on Saturday. The churches are ...

A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a holy relic from a church in the Nicosia district village of Pano Deftera, the police said on Saturday. The ...

Grand plans for the renovation of the historic 19th century Phaneromeni school in old Nicosia appear to have been scuppered five years after a deal was struck to transform it ...

By Flora Alexandrou The Cyprus church has recently urged us to procreate, to set our fertility in motion. Through its new Plan of the Holy Archdiocese of Cyprus for Tackling ...

The two 5.3-magnitude earthquakes that rattled the island on Wednesday caused minor damage to Ayios Neophytos Monastery, an abandoned house in Kelokedara, and a listed building in central Paphos, authorities ...

The appeal hearing of deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos against his dismissal is expected to take place at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on October 17, according to reports on Friday. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholemew, on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York. During the meeting, Christodoulides informed Bartholemew about the ...

The deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos has still not received an official invite to appeal against his dismissal at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, his lawyer Evangelia Poulla said on Monday. ...

The opening hours of the ten painted churches in Troodos have been extended, the culture deputy ministry announced on Wednesday. All ten churches will now be open six days a ...

Restoration works have been completed at the monastery and church of Panayia Kanakaria in the Karpasia village of Lythrangomi, one of Cyprus’s most important cultural heritage monuments. The project, ...

The fire department on Monday disputed claims by the community leader of Vouni village that they “ran out of water” while fighting the wildfire tearing through the Limassol district last ...

Two churches in the Limassol district sustained damage during the recent wildfires, Archimandrite Filotheos of Limassol told CNA on Friday. He also noted the intention of Metropolitan Athanasios to provide ...

Former bishop of Paphos Tychikos on Saturday held a memorial service for his late mother in his birthplace, the village of Mesana in the Paphos district. The service took place ...

The deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos on Monday submitted a confession of faith to the Holy Synod, ahead of an expected appeal against the decision to relieve him of his duties. ...

Bishop of Tamasos Isaias appeared certain on Thursday that the ‘truth would shine through’, following the announcement of two criminal cases against him. Isaias, who said he had not received ...

Archbishop Georgios should have recused himself in the case of ousted bishop of Paphos Tychikos, the latter’s supporters said on Tuesday. The initiative group in favour of Tychikos said ...

A Cypriot priest who openly criticised the Archbishop of Cyprus and the Holy Synod during a church hearing has been suspended for six months. Father Demos Serkelides appeared last Friday ...

A new four-member church committee was elected in the Paphos district village of Tsada on Sunday, after the previous committee had been dismissed by the now deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos. ...

The election of a new Paphos bishop is now expected to take place in September, church officials confirmed on Monday. Christakis Efstathiou, theologian and spokesman for the Orthodox Church, told ...

Renovation work has been completed at the Panaia Chrysopolitissa church in Kyrenia, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Monday. He said the church, ...

Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios will be dipping into church coffers to support families with three children, in an effort to help the island recover from its bleak demographics, it was ...

Tensions within the Orthodox Church of Cyprus appear far from over, as yet another dispute surfaced on Monday among senior clergy, this time over the election of the new pope. ...