Holy Synod: blasphemy to think holy communion could spread viruses
It would be blasphemous to think that Holy Communion could spread viruses, but people were free to choose whether they want to receive it, the...
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Excommunicated theologian asks Holy Synod to accept him back into the church
Theologian Andreas Pitsillides has asked the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus to review the 2015 decision for his excommunication arguing it was not...
Around 44,000 eligible to vote in Sunday’s ballot for new Kition bishop
The first stage of elections, the first in 46 years, for a new Bishop of Kition begin on Sunday after the resignation of Bishop Chrysostomos...
Holy Synod officially declares bishop of Kition’s throne vacant
The church’s Holy Synod on Wednesday declared the throne of the Kition metropolitan vacant, after the resignation of bishop Chrysostomos. Chrysostomos had resigned “because he...
Holy Synod defrocks priest who sexually assaulted girl (update 3)
The Church Holy Synod on Wednesday defrocked a priest who did prison time for sexually assaulting a girl he had fostered and who later took...
Theologian: outdated church rules must change
Former MEP and theologian Andreas Pitsillides called on Wednesday for the modernisation of the articles of association of the church. Church procedures have come under...
Holy Synod sees ‘grave risks’ in current talks
The Holy Synod said on Thursday there were grave risks in the ongoing procedure to reunify the island and called on political leaders to unite...
Schools would never teach the true tragedy of Enosis
IT SEEMS that in Cyprus we have become addicted to living on a knife’s edge of invasions (Turkish and Greek), of the Turkish army breathing...
Religion the last castle to fall
By George Koumoullis CALL IT a coincidence or whatever else you like. On the afternoon of Thursday, January 5 I turned on the television and...
Church wants briefing on reunification talks
The Holy Synod on Tuesday expressed deep concern over reports regarding the reunification talks and asked to be briefed by the president. In a written...
Church concerned over direction of talks
Reunification based on two equal states would spell the beginning of the end of Hellenism on the island, the Church of Cyprus said on Monday,...
Church says it will actively oppose abortion bill
The Cyprus Church on Sunday said it would actively oppose attempts by the House, to allow abortion under certain conditions. In a circular written by...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Souls not sex concern the bearded men in black
By Patroclos HAVING heard the news about the excommunication of celebrity theologian and former MEP Andreas Pitsillides by a committee of five bishops, I was...
Holy Synod ‘cannot excuse homosexuality’
By Constantinos Psillides While the Church neither wants nor has power to enforce its views on people, “it cannot accept two people living together outside...
Church wants media to grass on ‘rogue’ theologian
The Church of Cyprus is asking the media to provide any printed and audio-visual material to assist with its investigation into the views publicly aired...
Theologian to face fresh ‘inquisition’ from Holy Synod
By Elias Hazou WELL-known theologian Andreas Pitsillides appeared unfazed on Thursday after learning that the Church is calling him to account for his publicly-aired views....
Church urges unity to defeat Turkey’s colonisation objectives
By George Psyllides TURKEY’S ultimate objective is the capture and Turkification of the whole of Cyprus, the Church said on Monday, urging unity to foil...
Whoopi supports island’s LGBTI
Constantinos Psillides God is perfect and makes no mistakes and the Church should know better, American actress and TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg has said in...
Gay pride parade irks Holy Synod
By Constantinos Psillides AS THE island’s first-ever gay pride parade draws near the Church began its onslaught yesterday, calling homosexuality “an affliction and a moral...
