The House of Representatives will host, between 16 and 19 March 2023, in Limassol, an Expanded Meeting of the International Secretariat, the Chairmen and the Rapporteurs of the Committees of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy (IPA), on the initiative of the head of the Cypriot delegation to the IPA, Mr. Panikos Leonidou. The members of the Cypriot delegation are also the Members of Parliament Mr. Efthimios Diplaros, Marinos Moussioutta and Elias Myrianthous.
The Expanded Session, which will take place on Thursday, 16 March, will be chaired by the Secretary General of the IOA Mr. It will be attended by more than twenty Members of Parliament from fourteen IOA Member Parliaments, mainly from the wider region of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Eastern Mediterranean. On Friday, 17 March, the delegates will travel to Nicosia, where they will be received by the President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Christodoulides, the Archbishop of Cyprus, Mr.
On Saturday, 18 March, an event will be held at the Holy Metropolis of Limassol for the presentation of the IOA's tribute volume entitled "Agia Sophia: The Temples of the Wisdom of God around the World", which will be addressed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Anita Demetriou. Distinguished academics have been invited to participate in the event as speakers. Political and ecclesiastical officials, including Members of Parliament, members of the diplomatic corps, as well as representatives of other bodies and institutions, will be present.
In addition, as part of the programme, participants will visit places of religious and cultural interest in the districts of Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos.
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