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.
