New head of Cypriot Church enthroned in Nicosia
Ex-Metropolitan Simeon (Shostatsky) took part in the enthronement.
On January 8, 2022, the enthronement ceremony of the new Archbishop of Cyprus, Georgios, took place at the Cathedral of the Apostle Barnabas in Nicosia, according to Romfea.
The enthronement was attended by the Primate of the Greek Church Ieronymos, representatives of the Phanar, hierarchs and clergy of the Cypriot Church, representatives of other Local Churches, a delegation of the Catholic Church, as well as a representative of the OCU Simeon (Shostatsky).
The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis, Speaker of the House of Representatives Annita Dimitriou, ministers, statesmen, leaders and representatives of political parties were also present at the event.
The representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Archbishop of Thyatira, read out the message of Patriarch Bartholomew, where he called on the new Archbishop of Cyprus to continue the work of the deceased primate Chrysostomos.
“You are assuming the office of primate of one of the most historic Churches in the world, for which the Church of Constantinople fought with love, defended and always supported,” the message of Patriarch Bartholomew says.
He urged Archbishop Georgios "to commit himself, the Church, to the common struggle for the defense of the faith in this century, as it is shaken not so much because of various dogmatic beliefs, but because of the ‘new teaching’ of the nation and the new ecclesiology of the ethnophyletism heresy."
In turn, the Archbishop of Cyprus stated that "today, when we are more than ever in danger from Turkish bulimia, which does not hide its aspirations to conquer and Turkify all of Cyprus, the Church cannot remain a mere bystander."
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos was elected Primate of the Church of Cyprus.
