Tag: Cyprus
Famagusta church ‘re-opens’
December 2013 Hundreds flocked to the mediaeval Ayios Georgios Eksorinos church in occupied Famagusta, for the first Greek Orthodox service in 56 years, described as ... Read More
Cyprus cultural heritage the basis of a common future, Technical Committee says
4/12/13 They approach mosques and churches with the same love and awe, stressing that Cyprus’ cultural heritage, not just places of religious worship, is very ... Read More
Cultural SOS
Cyprus- 30/11/13 Politicians from both sides of the divide agreed yesterday that urgent action needs to be taken to restore the threatened cultural heritage of ... Read More
State funeral for Cyprus’ ex-president Clerides
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press (AP) 20/11/13 NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Amid applause and shouts of respect, Cyprus's former President Glafcos Clerides was laid to ... Read More
Largest haul of repatriated church icons, mosaics returned to Cyprus after nearly 4 decades
A Christian Orthodox priest looks at returned looted icons at the Byzantine Museum in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The largest haul of ... Read More
The state is right to listen to the Church
11/11/13 The views expressed in your Opinion section (Cyprus Mail, Saturday, November 2) regarding the Church and the formation of civil laws do not seem ... Read More
Church gives president ‘wholehearted support’
Elias Hazou - 31/10/13 Cyprus: CHURCH leaders yesterday gave President Anastasiades their “wholehearted support” for a renewed peace drive aimed at ending the island’s decades-long ... Read More
Elderly and churches targeted in Limassol thefts
Stefanos Evripidou - October 2013 Cyprus A 20-YEAR OLD man was remanded in custody for two days on Saturday by the Limassol district court in ... Read More
Orthodox Bishop allowed to visit northern Cyprus in exchange for a Mufti’s visit to the south of the island
28/10/13 A Bishop of the Church of Cyprus has been allowed to venerate Relics and Shrines in that part of his Diocese which is situated in the area of ... Read More
Middle Eastern primates to meet in Cyprus to discuss the future of Christians in the region
17/10/13 October 15, 2013. (Romereports.com) The primates of the increasingly fragile Greek Orthodox Churches in the Middle East plan to meet in Cyprus to talk ... Read More
Arrests for church theft
Cyprus- 15/10/13 POLICE have arrested a married couple in connection with the theft of mainly silver church items. Paphos CID believe they have found stolen ... Read More
Cyprus:The Repatriation of Byzantine Icons Stolen after Turkish Invasion
Sotiria Nikolouli - 11/10/13 The Turkish invasion in Cyprus happened in 1974 and at some point, six Byzantine icons were stolen. After about 40 years, ... Read More
Apostolos Andreas restoration deal signed
19/9/13 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed on Tuesday two contribution agreements with the Church of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot religious foundation Evkaf, ... Read More
Looted icons seized by Dutch Government return to Cyprus
Bloomberg - 19/9/13 The Dutch government seized four icons looted from a monastery in northern Cyprus and will hand them to Cypriot authorities, according to ... Read More
Archbishop rallies BoC shareholders
By Elias Hazou - 31/8/13 ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos took centre stage yesterday at a gathering of old Bank of Cyprus (BoC) shareholders making a play for ... Read More
Church raising cash to maintain majority stake in Hellenic
Stefanos Evripidou - August 2013 Cyprus THE CHURCH is prepared to sell off prime real estate to raise the necessary cash to maintain its majority ... Read More
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus: Rich is he who has Christ in his heart
August 2013 The celebrations marking the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were over in the end of July. Among ... Read More
Bishop appeals for public help in wake of church thefts
14/8/13 Paphos Bishop Georgios has urged people to help guard churches in the district following a spate of burglaries and the theft of thousands of ... Read More
Church warning
9/8/13 PAPHOS - Police are advising churches to bolster security measures after a string of ecclesiastical thefts in Paphos this week. Deputy police spokesperson Nicoletta ... Read More
Looted Art From Cypriot Churches Is Returned by Germany
Catherine Hickley- July/August 2013 Frescos, mosaics and icons looted from churches, museums and monasteries in Northern Cyprus and seized by police in Munich 16 years ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Meets with Sister Orthodox Primates
Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem July 23, 2013 – His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude ... Read More