Thursday, October 27, 2005

Cypriot bishops invited to Istanbul for crisis talks

"Cypriot bishops invited to Istanbul for crisis talks
By Jacqueline Theodoulou

AN INVITATION for crisis talks from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has left the Church of Cyprus facing civil war.

Patriarch Bartholomew has said he will invite Cypriot bishops to his seat Istanbul next week in a bid to heal the rift over whether or not to hold elections to replace the ailing Archbishop Chrysostomos."

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