The Holy Synod is meeting today in order to take decisions on the upcoming Archbishop Elections after the excommunication of the blessed Archbishop Chrysostomos B’ – The possibility of holding elections after the Christmas holidays was confirmed by the Metropolitan of Paphos George, custodian of the throne – What does the Church's statute say and what believers should know
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The Synod members are meeting today at 10 in order to take decisions on the first archdiocesan elections to be held according to the new charter of the Church, which was approved in 2010. The session of the Holy Synod was announced by the Overseer of the archdiocesan of the throne, Metropolitan George of Paphos.
According to the statute, the final election of the three persons should be completed within 40 daysafter the widowhood of the archbishop's throne, however, Christmas seems to turn the tables, as reported in previous publications of the Cyprus Times.
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“There are some deadlines given by the statute, but these can be exceeded if there are problems, which must be dealt with”, he had said Pafos Georgios on Saturday night. At the same time, the Custodian of the Archbishop's throne expressed his assessment that “until December 18, which is 40 days after the death of the Archbishop, we will not have time to complete the required procedures”, and said that he believes that the elections “will take place after the Christmas holidays”. “However, it is a matter for the Holy Synod to decide”, he clarified.
- The Metropolitan of Paphos confirms the possibility of archdiocesan elections after Christmas
