Tag: Cyprus
Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says
By Paul Tugwel 9/4/2012 The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus wants to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the country’s economy to boost jobs ... Read More
Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church blasts priest caught with drugs at airport
By Associated Press 6/4/2012 NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus said Friday that it is “deeply distressed” over the arrest of a ... Read More
UN expert wants access to Cyprus’ religious sites
5/4/2012 NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- A U.N. expert says more needs to be done to allow worshippers free and unfettered access to religious sites on ... Read More
Eroglu: Turkish Cypriots are more “pure” than the Greek Cypriots
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 5/4/2012 THE TURKISH CYPRIOT leader Dervis Eroglu has made one of his most provocative statements to date when he claimed Turkish Cypriots are ... Read More
Orthodox Primates Stress Need for Peace and Stability in Middle East
30/3/2012 On the invitation of His Beatitude Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II, and in the framework of the pastoral care of the Senior Patriarchates of ... Read More
Archbishop of Cyprus awarded “Pride of Russia” medal
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 22/3/2012 Russian “Pride of the Homeland” foundation has awarded Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II with “Pride of Russia” medal. President of the foundation ... Read More
FM protests violation of religious rights in occupied Cyprus
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 12/3/2012 Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoulli has protested the continuous violation of the rights of Greek Cypriots, enclaved in the island’s northern Turkish ... Read More
Menil Byzantine frescoes en route to Cyprus
11/3/2012 HOUSTON, TX.- Over the past two days, the largest intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western Hemisphere were removed from their home in Houston, Texas. ... Read More
Fans get their last look at Menil frescoes
By Louis Casiano 3/3/2012 Worshippers and art lovers crowded into a small chapel Saturday to get a final glimpse of two 700-year-old Byzantine frescoes set ... Read More
Turkish, Greek Cypriots agree to renovate monastery in Karpaz
23/2/2012 Turkish and Greek Cypriots have agreed to launch a joint renovation project for a Greek Orthodox monastery in Cyprus, a senior Turkish Cypriot official ... Read More
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Historic monastery in Cyprus near collapse
22/2/2012 A historic monastery where an apostle of Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles is close to caving in and needs immediate repairs, ... Read More
Maronite and Jerusalem Patriarchs visit
Natalie Hami 11/2/2012 THE NEW Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi and the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos arrived in Cyprus yesterday on separate official ... Read More
Cypriot Cultural Centre of Vienna Celebrates the New Year
By Stella Tsolakidou 8/2/2012 The Cypriot Cultural Centre in Vienna celebrated the beginning of the New Year in a very grandiose event hosted at the ... Read More
De Menil Byzantine Murals Return To Cyprus In February
By Regina Kolbe Houston,Texas 1/2/2012 Near the Rothko Chapel on the 30-acre Menil Collection campus in Houston is another chapel. Its design is contemporary, foretelling ... Read More
Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem to Visit Cyprus
By Fani Toli 1/2/2012 Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem will be paying an official visit to Cyprus, from February 10th to the 13th, at the invitation ... Read More
Requiem concert to commemorate new martyrs and confessors of Christ in 15th-20th century Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor and Pontus
26/1/2012 On January 25, 2012, a requiem concert took place at the Church of Christ the Saviour’s Hall of Councils in conclusion of the 20th ... Read More
Departure date set for Byzantine frescoes after decades in Houston: Future of the chapel uncertain
Photo by © Paul Warchol March 4, 2012 marks the final day the Byzantine frescoes will be on display in Houston. BY TYLER RUDICK 12.20.11 ... Read More
A place at the top table
By Stefanos Evripidou 4/12/2011 NO ONE can accuse the Archbishop Chrysostomos II of being boring. A few words spoken by the colourful primate get more ... Read More
Cyprus church, Israeli chief rabbi seek close ties
6/12/2011 NICOSIA, Cyprus — The leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian church and Israel's chief rabbi have signed a joint declaration aimed at forging closer bonds ... Read More
ADDRESS BY H. B. CHRYSOSTOMOS II ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNSIL OF CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
November 29, 2011 It is with feelings of great joy that we greet today the 10th General Assembly of the Council of Churches of the ... Read More
MECC 10th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN PAPHOS, CYPRUS
1/12/2011 The 1oth MECC general assembly was held at Paphos, Cyprus on 29th and 30th of November. His Holiness Aram I reelected as MECC president, ... Read More