Browsing: Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus

Source: The National Herald By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON – His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, in an interview with The National Herald, spoke openly and dynamically about the state of the Cyprus issue. He noted that the New Year finds the situation “not just stagnant,” but, after half a century, said, “we are worse off because we made concessions that the Turks demanded every time.” He discussed the revival of the unified defense doctrine between Greece and Cyprus, stating, “the goals of Turkey are the same. both in Greek territory and in Cyprus.” Regarding the division…

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Source: The National Herald Analysis by Theodore Kalmoukos On March 5, which was the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the newly elected Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus made his first official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The visit in ecclesiastical language is called ‘the peaceful visit, and it was done according to the long-standing tradition of the Church. The Cypriot Archbishop co-celebrated the Divine Liturgy with Patriarch Bartholomew and members of his Synod, an act that manifests the unity of the two churches of Cyprus and Constantinople. On the same day, Metropolitan Epiphanios of Kyiv and All Ukraine made his ‘peaceful…

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