More than 16,000 antiquities stolen from Turkish-occupied Cyprus, even found in Japan
13. February 2020 - 15:11
More than 16,000 Christian icons, mosaics and murals dating from to 6th and 5th centuries have been forcibly stolen and sold abroad since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, according to the Director of the Office for Combating Illegal Possession and Trafficking of Antiquities, Michalis Gavriilidis.
Talk by Archbishop Job of Telmissos
13. February 2020 - 15:09
A talk on “the role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate within the World Council of Churches and the importance of dialogue today” will be held by Thyateira Youth of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, on Saturday, February 15.
The talk will take place at the Thyateira House at 15:00 and will be given by Archbishop Job of Telmissos.
The Feast of St. Theodore Stratelates (the General) in the Patriarchate of Alexandria
13. February 2020 - 15:08
On Saturday, February 8, 2020, feast of Saint Theodore Stratilates the Great Martyr, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa officiated at the Divine Liturgy which was held at the Holy Patriarchal Chapel of Saints Theodores.
During the Liturgy, the African students of the Patriarchal School of “Saint Athanasius,” based in the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St. Savvas the Sanctified, chanted according to the established order and the Alexandrian typical.
EU investigating charges of destruction of mosaics in Turkish-occupied Cyprus
10. February 2020 - 14:11
In response to a written statement by Cypriot Euro-Deputy Costas Mavridis denouncing the deliberate abandonment and destruction of the mosaics of the Church of St. Eulalios in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, the relevant European Union commission has already taken up the matter, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency.
The commission’s cultural heritage committee has already begun investigating the fate of the mosaics of the church in the Kyrenia district in order to begin preservation work as soon as possible.
Archdiocese of Cyprus welcomed Archbishop of Cyprus with sanctification service
10. February 2020 - 13:19
After his 10-day stay in the USA for medical reasons, on Thursday night, February 6, 2020, Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus returned to the seat of the Holy Archdiocese, where he was welcomed with great emotion.
