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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Michele Kambas

Head of Cyprus Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos, dies aged 81

Greek Orthodox priests carry out a liturgy by the coffin of the late Archbishop Chrysostomos II in the Apostle Varnavas Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

The head of Cyprus' dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, died on Monday, his doctors said. He was 81.

A forceful character who faced down pro-Russian elements in one of the world's oldest churches, Chrysostomos was among Orthodox leaders to recognise the Ukrainian Church's independence after it broke from Moscow in 2020.

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