The Metropolitan of Pafos George said that he felt ashamed when he was informed that many students go to the occupied territories and rent rooms because it is cheaper and they come to the free areas to attend their courses at the universities. It is something unacceptable, he said.
Speaking at the Old Electricity site in Paphos, the Metropolitan of Paphos said that the Archdiocese, which has the financial capacity, should extend the institution to Nicosia and elsewhere where there are students and face the same problems. He also added that the work created by the late Archbishop with the student dormitories in Limassol will continue.
My goal, he said, is "to strengthen communication with young people through interventions in the Mass Media, but mainly to strengthen the support of young people, needy students and pupils, with scholarships for excellent students, as well as with camps, blood donations and the creation of Student Homes in cities with universities."
He also touched on the problem of under-birth rate, adding that for every couple, there are 1.3 children. The Bishop of Paphos said that our population is not being replenished and that as a Hellenism we will very soon be eliminated and become a small minority in this place. He added that we should imitate something that is happening in the region of Thrace where there are Muslims. There, he continued, the Church gives help to those couples who wish to have not only two children but also the third and the fourth and the fifth in order to cope with the needs of life.
Regarding the issue of the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine, the Metropolitan of Pafos said that for him it is an issue that has been solved. Some co-candidates said that if elected they would raise it again at the synod to make another decision. The synod, he said, voted by a majority in favour of recognising the autocephaly of the Ukrainian church. He also made it clear that they did not side with the Ukrainian Patriarchate because of racial relations and because they are Greeks along with us, but because with the Ecumenical Patriarchate is the law of ecumenical borders.
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