Cyprus bids farewell to trailblazer cleric who stood up for Ukraine


  • World
  • Saturday, 12 Nov 2022

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Military soldiers carry the coffin of late Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II in Apostle Varnavas Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus on Saturday buried Archbishop Chrysostomos II, a trailblazer who butted heads with his peers to keep Russian influence in the Orthodox Church at bay and led the biggest ecclesiastical reforms in centuries.

Chrysostomos died on Nov. 7 from cancer aged 81.

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