Tag: Greek Cypriots
Orthodox worshippers flock to Famagusta
23/4/14 Thousands of Greek Cypriots, most refugees, flocked to the Ayios Giorgos Exorinos church in Famagusta where they attended a Good Friday service at their ... 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
Church urges people to engage in charitable activities
May - 2013 CYPRUS THE COUNTRY’S deep economic difficulties give people the opportunity to engage in charitable activity, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said in his Easter ... Read More
Historic day for Apostolos Andreas
February 2013 RESTORATION WORK on the dilapidated monastery of Apostolos Andreas in the Karpas peninsula will finally begin after an agreement was signed yesterday between ... 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
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
Our View: Despite Prelate’s views, Church’s political role less than Exemplary
13/9/2011 ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos knows very well how to dominate the headlines. He illustrated this talent once again on Friday, when he explained to a small ... Read More