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As a consequence of an attempted military coup in 1974, Turkey invaded and occupied about a third of the island, forming an independent government, with almost all Orthodox moving to the remaining Greek portion of the island. Since then within the Turkish occupied part of the island, Orthodox property has sustained substantial damage. The Turkish occupied territories contain 514 churches, chapels, and monasteries.
==OrganizationStructure==The Archbishop's see is located in the city [[Image:Saints of Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery.jpg|right|thumb|Saints of NicosiaCyprus. The <br>(''[[primatew:Stavrovouni Monastery|primacyStavrovouni Monastery]]'')] of the Church of Cyprus was until recently vacant]Holy Archbishopric, with Lefkosia :His Beatitude the announcement Archbishop of the retirement of Archbishop [[Chrysostomos I II (Demetriou) of Nea Justiniana |Cyprus|Chrysostomos III]] due to Alzheimer's disease, seat Nicosia. However, the Church of Cyprus, on Sunday, :Bishops: *His Grace [[November 6Christoforos of Karpasia|Christoforos]], 2006, elected her first new leader in 29 yearsBishop of Karpasia. *His Grace [[MetropolitanPorfyrios of Neapolis|Porfyrios]] Chrysostomos of Paphos, 65, was elected archbishop after winning a runoff vote against Metropolitan [[Athanasios Bishop of Lemessou]]Neapolis.<ref>[http://www.financialmirror.com/more_news.php?id=5214&type=st&nt=Politics Paphos bishop elected head *His Grace Gregorios, Bishop of Cyprus church] November 5, 2006</ref>Mesaoria
===Hierarchical Succession of the Archbishopric See of Cyprus===
See [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus]] for full list.#His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of Nea Justiniana]] (November 12, 2006-Present)#His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos I of Cyprus|Chrysostomos I (Kykkiotis) of Nea Justiniana]] (1977-2007)#His Beatitude [[Makarios (Mouskos) III of Nea Justiniana]] (1950 - 1977))#Vacant (1933 - 1947)#Vacant (1900 - 1909)#Cyril (no record) #Makarios I (1854 - 1865) #Ioannikos (1840 -1849)#Panaretos (1827 - 1840)#[[Kyprianos_of_Cyprus|Kyprianos]] (1756 - 1821)#Anthemios (5th Century)
==Local saints==
The most famous of these is [[Apostle]] [[Apostle Barnabas|Barnabas]] ([[June 11]]) and [[Lazarus]].
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==Reference==
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==Source==
*[http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/0e0d6c08a552d95ac22571450035a635/649241232fa0e831c22571a3002f8eea?OpenDocument Church Structure: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus]
==External links==
*[http://www.churchofcyprus.org.cy/ Orthodox Church of Cyprus], official site
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-usdefault.aspx?eccpageIDID=22&IndexViewpagetypeID=toc 9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Eastern Christian Churches: Orthodox Church of Cyprus], a scholarly text by Ronald Roberson, CSP, a Roman Catholic priest and Eastern Christianity scholar
*[http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/cyphome/govhome.nsf/LookupIDs/56EFF47249680FF2C2256AA2004554CC?OpenDocument&languageNo=1 Cypriot Government site]
*[[Wikipedia:Cypriot Orthodox Church]]