Vandals spray paint icons in Mitsero church
Unknown vandals broke into the church in Mitsero in the Nicosia district overnight on Saturday and sprayed icons with five-pointed stars. The door and smaller...
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Protesters out on the streets in support of controversial art teacher
A demonstration in support of George Gavriel, an artist and teacher at a state high school who has come under fire after releasing some of...
Remains of bishop beheaded by Ottomans among relics uncovered in Protaras
Antiquities dating back to the time of Nicocreon, king of Salamis in Cyprus, at the time of Alexander the Great and Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641 AD, have been...
Dismay as antiquities department give go ahead for hotel on ancient site
Environmentalists and local authorities in Yeroskipou have expressed their dismay following the shock decision of the antiquities department to allow the construction of a new...
Lawyer demands transparency in Paphos church dispute
A Cyprus lawyer is opposing the construction of a new church in the grounds of Paphos town hall and is fighting through the courts to...
Archbishop: let’s not let coronavirus spread in our churches
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Saturday cautioned the public to be careful saying it would be a shame for someone to spread the coronavirus in church. “This...
Greens ‘will never give up’ opposing new Paphos church
The environment department has objected to the creation of a new church in the grounds of Paphos town hall and has called on the municipal...
Makarios of Kenya launches Nairobi food distribution in wake of pandemic
Metropolitan Bishop of Kenya, Makarios, has launched a campaign to distribute food to those affected by the economic crisis in the wake of the coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Health ministry issues guidelines as churches set to open their doors
Τhe health ministry on Friday recommended church goers bow in front of icons instead of kissing them and the hand of the priest to avoid...
Coronavirus: Church says no plastic spoons for Holy Communion
The Church said Thursday it would not be serving Holy Communion with plastic spoons and stood by its position to use the same metal spoon...
Coronavirus: Archbishop to argue for conditional opening of churches
The Archbishop is expected to suggest to the president that alternate church services be held on weekdays as a way of preventing overcrowding on Sundays....
Coronavirus: Religious studies teachers say churches should be opened
Churchgoers should be allowed to attend Sunday services and major events, religious studies teachers of the secondary education teachers union (Oelmek) said on Monday. Their...
Coronavirus: Medical association says coronavirus highly contagious after health workers call for churches to open
The Cyprus medical association (CyMA) was forced to put things into perspective on Monday regarding the high contagiousness of the coronavirus after 152 doctors co-signed...
Coronavirus: Group of health professionals call for churches to reopen
More than 150 health professionals, mainly doctors, have called on President Nicos Anastasiades to ease restrictions over attending church, arguing that people’s spiritual wellbeing is...
Coronavirus: Police chief says those in Erimi church committed a serious offence
The chief of police Kypros Michaelides has said that all those who were caught inside at the Ayios Georgios Spileon church in Erimi in Limassol...
Coronavirus: church standoff ends, priest to be taken to court
A standoff between residents of the village of Erimi, Limassol, and police ended late on Thursday, several hours after the former had holed themselves up...
Coronavirus: group of parishioners seek refuge inside church to avoid being fined
A group of pilgrims apparently visiting the Ayios (Saint) Georgios Spileon church in Erimi, Limassol, to mark his name day, have sought refuge inside the...
Coronavirus: an Easter like no other (with video)
Easter was altogether a different experience this year, with restrictive measures preventing people from going to church at night on Easter Saturday. People sang Christos...
Coronavirus: Archbishop says Cypriots are a bit on the ‘disobedient’ side
Cypriots are a bit on the disobedient side, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday calling on the faithful to stay at home after police launched probes...
Coronavirus: Tamasos bishopric donating to families in need
The bishopric off Tamasos And Orinis has announced it will be donating care packages to 500 families in financial distress every 15 days. The packages...
