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The Church of Cyprus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, romanized: Ekklisia tis Kyprou) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
After the arrival of the British, [5] the Anglican Church of Cyprus was established in 1878. As of 1976, it falls under the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. Protestants, according to the official 2011 population census, amount to 2.00% of the population. [6] Their Archdeacon is Dr John Holdsworth.
In the 1930s, the Church of Christ Antiphonitis was the property of Kykkos Monastery. [14] Presently it is classed as a museum and appears in the List of museums in Northern Cyprus. Antiphonitis monastery (Ιερά Μονή Αρχαγγέλου Αντιφωνητού) is listed as monastery of Church of Cyprus on its official website. [15]
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The Catholic Church in Cyprus is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2011 census, Catholics made up 2.9% of the population. [10] A minority of Catholics in Cyprus are Maronites (adherents of one of the Eastern Rite Catholics). Of the 209,286 Cypriots counted in the 1891 ...
This is a list of Archbishops of Cyprus since its foundation with known dates of enthronement. According to tradition, the Church of Cyprus was created by St. Barnabas in 45 AD. The see of Cyprus was declared autocephalous by the Council of Ephesus , on 30 July 431; its autocephaly was abolished in 1260, and was restored in 1571.
In 1994, he became Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus.Alongside his ecclesiastical duties, he served as a chemistry teacher in Cypriot high schools. He was arrested and abused by the Turkish occupation troops in Cyprus and lodged an appeal in 1989 against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (n° 15300/891), which resulted in Turkey's first conviction (507/3.2.94) for ...
The slab has a date, 30 April 1662, indicating when reconstruction of the church was started. Although the precise date of the end of reconstruction is unclear but it is assumed that reconstruction was finished between 1662 and 1674. [4] After the reconstruction, the church became the residence of the Archbishop of Cyprus in 1720. [3]