Cyrinos Metropolitan ( Greek Ιερά ητρόπολις Κυρηνείας , tour. Girne Metropolitliği ) - Diocese of the Cyprus Orthodox Church . The entire territory of the metropolis is controlled by the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , from which the Greek population , including the clergy, was expelled by the Turks after the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 . Nevertheless, the leadership of the Cyprus Orthodox Church continues to consider the Metropolitan of Kirinia to be active and hopes for a revival of church life on its territory.
| Kyrinia Metropolis | |
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| Cypriot Orthodox Church | |
| General information | |
| Diocesan Center | Kyrenia (formally) Nicosia (actually) |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Μητροπολίτης Κυρηνείας, πέρτιμος καί ῎Εξαρχο Λαπήθου καί Καραβᾶ Chrysostom (Papatomas) (from December 10, 2011)) |
| Site | m-kyrenia.org |
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History
Christianity spread near the city of Kyrenia in Cyprus during the time of the apostolic preaching. One of the first bishops of the city was the holy martyr Theodotus, who suffered for Christ, but survived the freedom of Christians by Emperor Constantine the Great .
During the Byzantine period, the following bishops of Kyrenia were known: John, Epiphanius, Meletius, Theodosius, Ephraim, Gregory, Athanasius, and Ignatius [1] .
After the conquest of Cyprus by the Crusaders for Orthodoxy the hard times came. The Kyrenia Department was liquidated, and its territory was annexed to the Diocese of Levkos [1] .
After the conquest of Cyprus by the Turks in 1571, the pulpit of mitripolit Cyrenei was moved to the monastery of St. Panteleimon, built specifically for this [2] .
From 1880 to 1917, the residence of Metropolitan of Kirinia was temporarily located in the Monastery of St. Panteleimon in the village of Mirtha [3] .
After the occupation by the Turks of northern Cyprus , including Kyrenia, in 1974 and the flight of the Orthodox population, the Cyprian diocese continues to exist as a separate metropolitan department in exile in the southern part of Cyprus.
Bishops
- Theodotus (314-324)
- Jacob (1592–1600)
- Timofey (mention 1604)
- Parfeny (mentioned. 1605)
- Christodoul (1606)
- Jeremiah (mention 1609)
- Nikifor (mention 1668)
- Leonty (vopm. 1672 - mention. 1678)
- Nikifor (mention 1692)
- Macarius (mention 1713-1716)
- Nikifor (mention 1731)
- Gerasim (mention 1733-1741)
- Nikifor (1741-1763)
- Chrysanth (1763-1773)
- Sofronium (1773-1791)
- Eugene (1791-1816)
- Lavrenty (Lambusis) (1816-1821) [4]
- Damascene (December 19, 1821 - June 1824)
- Charalampy (1824–1844)
- Chariton (November 1844–1849)
- Meletius (1850–1862)
- Chrysanth (1862–1871)
- Meletius (Miriantevs) (June 10, 1878 - June 13, 1880)
- Chrysanth (Ioannides) (June 15, 1880 - April 21, 1889)
- Cyril (Papadopoulos) (May 3, 1889 - April 5, 1893)
- Cyril (Vasiliou) (April 16, 1895 - November 11, 1916)
- Macarius (Papaya) (March 20, 1917 - December 24, 1947)
- Cyprian (Kyriakidis) (April 18, 1948 - July 14, 1973)
- Gregory (Kykkotis) (March 31, 1974 - January 28, 1994)
- Pavel (Mandovanis) (April 10, 1994 - October 1, 2011)
- Chrysostom (Papatomas) (since December 10, 2011)
Monasteries
according to the official website of the Cyprus Church [5]
- Monastery of St. Panteleimon (male; Mirtu village)
- Achiropitos Monastery (municipality of Lapithos near the village of Karavas )
- Monastery of Antiphonitis near the village of Kalograya
- Monastery of Panagia Melandrin near the village Kalograya
Notes
- 1 2
- ↑ Greek monastery will be restored in Northern Cyprus - News - Orthodox Church Encyclopedia Church Research Center
- ↑ Monastery of Sts. Panteleimon | visit-cyprus.ru
- ↑ http://www.immorfou.org.cy/metropolitan/articles/11-the-bishop-of-kyrenia-lavrentios.html
- ↑ http://churchofcyprus.org.cy/all/mitropolis/iera-mitropoli-kurineias/ieres-mones-imkurineias