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Archbishop '''Chrysanthos of Cyprus''' was the [[primate]] of [[Church of Cyprus]] for two periods, from 1767 to 1783 and from 1784 to 1810. During the interval of 1783/1784, [[Bishop]] Ioannikios was elected but not [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the archiepiscopate.

Chrysanthos began his episcopal career when he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Paphos in 1765. In 1765, Bp. Chrysanthos accompanied Abp. Paisios and the bishop of Kerynia on a fund raising trip to Constantinople at which they also asked for aid in suppressing Turkish riots.

After his installation as [[archbishop]] in 1767, Chrysanthos pursued a program of renovating many of the facilities of the arch[[diocese]]. He undertook the reconstruction of a number of churches. These included the Church of St. Demetrios of Nikoklia and the [[Monastery]] of St. Neophytos. In 1773, Abp. Chrysanthos commissioned the renovation of the [[church]] and [[cell]]s of the Monastery of Panayia Chrysospiliotissa (Our Lady of the Golden Cave) that dated from the year 400.

In 1783, Abp. Chrysanthos led a group of Orthodox hierarchs, that included Bishops [[Panaretos of Paphos]], Meletios of Kitium, and Sophronios of Kyrenia, to Constantinople that gained the discharge of the Governor of Cyprus, Muhassil Haci Baki Agha who had oppressed the Orthodox people of Cyprus since 1775.

Abp. Chrysanthos reposed in 1810.

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title=[[Metropolis of Paphos|Bishop of Paphos]]|
years=1765&ndash;1767|
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years=1767&ndash;1783|
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years=1784&ndash;1810|
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==Sources==
*[http://www.impaphou.org/paphos_church_history.aspx  History of Church of Paphos]
*[http://kypros.org/Cyprus/nicosia.html  Nicosia: The Capital]
*[http://noctoc-noctoc.blogspot.com/2010/08/saint-panaretos-bishop-of-paphos.html  Saint Panaretos, Bishop of Paphos]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:18th-19th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Archbishops of Cyprus]]
[[Category: Bishops of Paphos]]