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Polish Orthodox Church to Honor Cypriot Byzantinist Chotzakoglou

by OCP May 7, 2012 News

By Areti Kotseli 4/5/2012 Byzantinist of the Greek Open University in Athens and member of the administrative board of the “World Forum For Religions and Cultures” of the Holy Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus, Charalampos G. Chotzakoglou, will be honored by the Prince Konstantin Ostrogski Foundation of the Polish Orthodox Church for his scientific work in [...]

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Cyprus Church Plans to Invest in Banks, Energy, Archbishop Says

by OCP April 10, 2012 Featured News

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 and benefit the church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II said. “As a church, we are ready to invest so that the economy improves and people can work,” Chrysostomos said today following a [...]

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Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church blasts priest caught with drugs at airport

by OCP April 8, 2012 News

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 parish priest on suspicion of trafficking drugs to the island from abroad. The Church said in a statement that the “abhorrent actions” of Father Panayiotis Triantafyllou, a Greek national who [...]

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UN expert wants access to Cyprus’ religious sites

by OCP April 5, 2012 News

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 the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. Heiner Bielefeldt, U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, said Thursday the situation has improved some after crossings linking the island’s Turkish-speaking [...]

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Eroglu: Turkish Cypriots are more “pure” than the Greek Cypriots

by OCP April 5, 2012 News
Eroglu: There are Turkish people in Cyprus since 1571. We are more pure than the Greeks, because we know where we came from

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 more “pure” than the Greek Cypriots because “we know where we have come from, but I honestly do not know where they came from”. According to the daily Gunes newspaper, [...]

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Orthodox Primates Stress Need for Peace and Stability in Middle East

by OCP March 30, 2012 Featured News

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 the Middle East and the Apostolic Church of Cyprus, arrived today, 27th March 2012, Their Beatitudes, Patriarch Theodoros II, of Alexandria and All Africa, Patriarch Ignatius IV, of Antioch and [...]

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Archbishop of Cyprus awarded “Pride of Russia” medal

by OCP March 23, 2012 Featured News

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 Nikolai Antonski conveyed to the Archbishop the gratitude of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people. The Archbishop thanked him for the honor, saying that he feels that this [...]

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FM protests violation of religious rights in occupied Cyprus

by OCP March 13, 2012 News
Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoulli

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 occupied areas. Addressing an informal meeting of her EU counterparts, she said that since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 300 Orthodox Christians and 100 Catholic Maronites live enclaved in [...]

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Menil Byzantine frescoes en route to Cyprus

by OCP March 11, 2012 News

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. The extraordinary story of the two relics began more than 20 years ago, when they were rescued from the black market by Menil Collection founder Dominique de Menil after being [...]

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Fans get their last look at Menil frescoes

by OCP March 4, 2012 News
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel includes a fresco of the Virgin, flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael. Photo: Smiley N. Pool / © 2011 Houston Chronicle

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 to return to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus later this month. The frescoes have been on display at the chapel for the last 15 years. The 13th-century pieces were acquired [...]

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Turkish, Greek Cypriots agree to renovate monastery in Karpaz

by OCP February 23, 2012 Featured News

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 said Wednesday. Turkish and Greek Cypriots have agreed to launch a joint renovation project for a Greek Orthodox monastery in Cyprus, a senior Turkish Cypriot official said Wednesday. “We have [...]

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Historic monastery in Cyprus near collapse

by OCP February 22, 2012 Featured News

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, the leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church said Monday. Archbishop Chrysostomos II urged Greek Cypriot pilgrims not to travel to the Apostolos Andreas — or Saint Andrew — monastery in [...]

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Maronite and Jerusalem Patriarchs visit

by OCP February 12, 2012 News

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 visits. “We are very happy to get to know the culture of Cyprus a lot better and the values that Cyprus holds dear so that we may be able to [...]

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Cypriot Cultural Centre of Vienna Celebrates the New Year

by OCP February 9, 2012 News

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 Hall of the old Town Hall. The traditional vasilopita cutting event was attended by the newly enthroned Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Mid-Europe, Arsenios, the Chargé [...]

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De Menil Byzantine Murals Return To Cyprus In February

by OCP February 2, 2012 Featured News
This interior view of the Byzantine Fresco Chapel captures the restored frescoes in place, one in the apse and the second in the dome. The minimalist environment makes them more powerful. —J. Griffis Smith photo

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 nothing of the contents for which it was built. Within are two Byzantine frescoes. The one in the apse depicts the Virgin flanked by archangels Michael and Gabriel. The other, [...]

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Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem to Visit Cyprus

by OCP February 2, 2012 News

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 of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus. According to a notice, the Patriarch of Jerusalem will land in Larnaka Airport on February 10, and later on in the morning the delegation will [...]

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Requiem concert to commemorate new martyrs and confessors of Christ in 15th-20th century Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor and Pontus

by OCP January 26, 2012 Featured News

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 Educational Christmas Readings. Named ‘Confessors of Orthodoxy after the Fall of the Empire’, it was devoted to the feat performed by new martyrs and confessors of Christ in the 15th-20th [...]

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Departure date set for Byzantine frescoes after decades in Houston: Future of the chapel uncertain

by OCP December 20, 2011 Featured News

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 “The return of the frescoes to Cyprus is just one chapter in their long history,” Menil director Josef Helfenstein said. The Menil Collection has revealed that March 4, 2012 will [...]

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A place at the top table

by OCP December 7, 2011 Featured News
Archbishop Chrysostomos II

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 press coverage than most politicians could dream of. During official visits to Cyprus, notable figures like the presidents of Russia, Syria and Israel make time in their busy schedules to [...]

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Cyprus church, Israeli chief rabbi seek close ties

by OCP December 6, 2011 Featured News

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 between the two countries’ citizens. Arcbhishop Chrysostomos II and Rabbi Yonah Metzger signed the declaration in the Cypriot capital Tuesday. Chrysostomos said the initiative is aimed at ending any “hostility [...]

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ADDRESS BY H. B. CHRYSOSTOMOS II ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNSIL OF CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

by OCP December 4, 2011 News

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 Middle East. The Church of Cyprus, and we personally, welcome to our island, with great pleasure, the honourable Representatives – clerics and laymen – from the various Churches – members [...]

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MECC 10th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN PAPHOS, CYPRUS

by OCP December 1, 2011 News

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, representing the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Council. Source:

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Archimandrite Chrysostomos Kykkotis elected as new Metropolitan of Kyrenia

by OCP November 29, 2011 News

25/11/2011 The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, met on Thursday morning, on November 24, 2011, to elect a new Metropolitan of Kyrenia. Following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. John, the Synod elected Archimandrite Chrysostomos Kykkotis as the new Metropolitan of Kyrenia. The chirotony of the Metropolitan Chrysostomos [...]

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Cyprus to host Middle East Council of Churches Meeting

by OCP November 28, 2011 News

FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE 28/11/2011 The Church of Cyprus will be hosting the 10th General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, on November 29 and 30, in Paphos. The delegates will seek ways to give the Council a more decisive role in the respect of human rights, religious freedom and the unity of Christians in [...]

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Cyprus and Israel to set up committee on Mediterranean Peace Vision

by OCP November 7, 2011 News
President of Israel Shimon Peres with the Archbishop

5/11/2011 FAMAGUSTA GAZETT Cyprus and Israel have decided to establish a joint committee on their Mediterranean vision for peace and for the relations between the European Union and all the states in the region. The decision was announced Thursday by President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias, after the conclusion of a meeting he held with President [...]

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