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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 ...

In 2025 the state will spend about €9 million on the salaries of clerics, based on an agreement between the government and the church dating to the early 1970s. The finance ministry ...

Restoration work at the mosque in the Limassol district village of Avdimou has begun, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Ali Tuncay announced on Monday night. Avdimou was inhabited ...

The antiquities department has announced the completion of the second season of excavations at the 13th century church ‘Panayia Karmiotissa’ in Kato Polemidia. From historical sources the site is believed ...

The two monks on trial for forgery and money laundering have been hit with another five charges, bringing them to a total of 24, Nicosia criminal court heard on Wednesday. Archimandrites ...

After months of wrangling, three Osiou Avakoum monks were defrocked by the Holy Synod on Wednesday, a decision the clerics decried as unfair and said they would sue. Archimandrites at ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Charalambos church near the Famagusta village of Akanthou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Thursday. The church ...

A 46-year-old jeweller was arrested on Tuesday for accepting gold artefacts stolen from a church on August 17. Two men, aged 47 and 44, are already in custody since August 18 for allegedly selling ...

A church trial will begin on August 30 seeking to defrocks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porfyrios for unethical acts in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The indictment is based on the charges ...

The monks’ legal team for the church’s procedures against them in the infamous Osiou Avakoum scandal demanded on Wednesday that the main whistleblower in the case be deemed unreliable. ...

The administrative court rejected an appeal by the Famagusta bishopric seeking to continue the construction of a monastery in Natura 2000 area of Cape Greco, it was reported on Monday. The ...

Mathiatis may not be the centre of the universe, but it is certainly considered to be the ‘centre of balance’ in Cyprus, and that’s not just according to local ...