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.
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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.
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The Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday morning postponed proceedings in the financial case involving the monastery of Saint Avakoum, after defence lawyers argued that key evidence had not been handed ...
The tiny cave church of Ayioi Saranta (forty saints) cannot begin to compete with the loud jubilation we can expect to hear at midnight on Saturday as church bells across ...
The Paphos District Court is expected to decide on Wednesday whether a 40-year-old man, arrested for disturbing a church service in Yeroskipou on Holy Monday, will remain in custody until ...
The court case of two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, has been postponed yet again till May 6, as the former did not appear before the court on Wednesday.
Nektarios’ ...
A village priest accused of disturbing the peace with prolonged and too loud church bell ringing appeared before the Nicosia District Court on Tuesday facing a total of 20 charges.
The ...
A major housing project planned in Engomi, backed by the Kykkos monastery, on Monday sparked strong opposition from the Green Party.
The movement argues that the development threatens one of ...
Restoration work at Famagusta’s Saint Paraskevi church has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Wednesday.
He explained that the church was built ...
One of the 24 charges of money laundering and defrauding faced by the two accused Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, was amended on Tuesday at the Nicosia criminal court at ...
The Saint George church in the Kyrenia district village of Vouno collapsed on Saturday night, prompting the village’s Turkish Cypriot mukhtar Durmus Asandir on Tuesday to take aim at ...
A Limassol priest accused of abusing his privilege of ringing the church bells is to be brought before court to face charges, it was reported on Wednesday.
Father Giorgos of ...
The Holy Synod of the church of Cyprus has urged the Metropolitan of Paphos to take a clear stance on controversial publications linked to his Metropolis. The statement followed the ...
A fierce disagreement has erupted between Paphos Metropolitan Tychikos and Archbishop Georgios over relics of the Saint Paul, the apostle.
At the heart of the dispute is Tychikos’ refusal to ...
A defrocked monk who held the title of Archimandrite Nektarios has filed a complaint with the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection over audiovisual material of him that has been run ...
The Avakoum monks on Wednesday were ordered to split ways after their appeal against their defrocking was rejected.
Last month, the Holy Synod decided the three monks embroiled in a ...
The Church of Cyprus has donated €1 million to the Hellenic Naval Academy, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Friday.
In a post on social media, he said the donation ...
Sixty-four years after independence and 20 years as an EU member-state, the Cyprus Republic still remains in the clutches of the Church. This is a legacy of Archbishop Makarios that no ...