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Cyprus Orthodox leader will discipline bishops who refuse to welcome Pope
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 15:04
CWNews.com - Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the head of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, is warning that he will discipline any bishop who boycotts the June 4 welcoming ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI. Viewing the Pontiff as a “heretic,” the five bishops who have threatened to boycott the ceremony risk expulsion from the Church’s holy synod for a year.
The nation of 800,000 is 78% Orthodox, 18% Muslim, and 2% Catholic.
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- Cyprus prepares for first papal visit (The National)
- Cyprus: Orthodox leader rebukes prelates who oppose papal visit (CWN, 5/26)
- The Orthodox Church of Cyprus (CNEWA)
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| The Holy Eucharist is the first, most important, and greatest miracle of Christ. All the other Gospel miracles are secondary. How could we not call the greatest miracle the fact that simple bread and wine were once transformed by the Lord into His very Body and His very Blood, and then have continued to be transformed for nearly two thousand years by the prayers of priests, who are but simple human beings? And what is more, this mystery has continued to effect a miraculous change in those people who communicate of the Divine Mysteries with faith and humility. St. Ambrose of Optina |