Cyprus Holy Synod Recognises

At its meeting on 23 and 25 November, the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, following detailed discussion, recognised the autocephaly,or independence,of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, approving the initiative of His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of New Justiniana and All Cyprus.The vote was 10-7, which is sufficient for approval under the charter of the Holy Synod.It should be remembered that the Church of Greece's recognition of the OCU wasn't unanimous, either, with a handful of hierarchs dissenting.* Archbishop Chrysostomos had commemorated His Beatitude Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine at a Divine Liturgy on 24 October 2020.The two Primates have since spoken by telephone and are planning to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy at a later date.Only a Primate commemorates the diptychs,or list of the Primates of the Local Churches,at the Divine Liturgy.*