Archdiocesan Collect presided by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus, was held on Friday at the Apostle Barnabas Cathedral in Nicosia on the occasion of the feast of the founder and patron of the Church of Cyprus, Apostle Barnabas.
The Archbishop was joined by the representative of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon, who read the Greeting Letter from the Ecumenical Patriarch, Metropolitan George of Pafos who preached the Divine Word, Metropolitan Nektarios of Kition, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Kyrenia, and Bishops Nicodemus of Nitria, Nicholas of Amathus, Christoforos of Karpasia, Leontes of Chytra and Porphyrios of Neapolis.
According to a statement from the Archdiocese, the Archbishop warmly thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch and said that the relations of the Church of Cyprus with the Ecumenical Patriarchate are daughter relations with the Mother Church and that we have unlimited respect for the venerable personality of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
He also said that 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, which was the shelf of Orthodoxy and added that I have in mind to convey to the Ecumenical Patriarch, through my representatives, my views, in order to develop dialogue with all Churches, so that we can finally leave the spirit of introversion and spread the saving and redemptive messages of our Christian faith to the whole world, because all are children of God and all must be saved.
"Of course, I want to emphasize emphatically," he added, "that nothing I will do without the approval and blessing of His Holiness for whose person I have always had the deepest respect and immense appreciation for His supreme services offered to the Mother Church."
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