^ Bible Gateway website, Acts 11:19, Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch.^ Bible Gateway website, Acts 4:36, Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”).^ World Council of Churches website, Church of Cyprus page.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. ^ a b c Meleagrou, Eleni Birol, Yesilada (1993).^ Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cyprus.Cyprus is the place where many New Testament biblical stories took place, Christian miracles were performed and where the Apostles established their first churches. Many Classical Christian architecture and buildings are located in Cyprus along with the former tomb of Apostle Lazarus and tomb of Apostle Barnabas. Seven sacraments are recognized: baptism in infancy, followed by confirmation with consecrated oil, penance, the Eucharist, matrimony, ordination, and unction in times of sickness or when near death. The Church of Cyprus recognizes the seniority and prestige of the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople, while retaining complete administrative autonomy under its own archbishop. The first Bishops that held Christian ministries in Cyprus were Apostle Lazarus ( Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca), and Apostle Barnabas ( Barnabas) (who was originally from Cyprus ) and the island became the destination for many of the first Christians after the resurrection of Christ. The bishop of the ancient capital,Ĭonstituted metropolitan by Emperor Zeno, with the title archbishop. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in 431 A.D. ![]() The largest and most important church in Cyprus, the Church of Cyprus, is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the Orthodox tradition using the Greek liturgy. ![]() ![]() Main article: Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus
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