Chrysostomos I of Cyprus
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Chrysostomos I, born Christoforos Aristodimou (Greek: Χριστόφορος Αριστοδήμου; 27 September 1927 – 22 December 2007), was the Archbishop of Cyprus from 1977 to 2006.
Biography
He was born in the village of
In 1968, he was elected bishop of
In April 2000, he suffered a severe head injury when he fell from the staircase of the Archiepiscopal Palace and never recovered.[3] In 2004, it became known that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease[4] and he fell into a coma the following year.
He remained Head of the Church of Cyprus due to lack of provision in canon law for cases of incapacity. In early 2006, the Cypriot bishops asked the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople to convoke a Panorthodox Synod to decide what was to be done since his condition was irreversible and he was still in a coma.
A Pan-Orthodox Synod was convoked by
Chrysostomos I died on 22 December 2007.[5]
See also
- List of Archbishops of Cyprus
References
- ^ Corley, Felix (5 January 2008). "Archbishop Chrysostomos I: Leading cleric in Cyprus". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ISBN 978-1-351-25618-6.
- ^ Archbishop back home Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - Cyprus Mail archive article - 22 September 2002
- ^ Brain surgery for Archbishop? Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - Cyprus Mail archive article - 19 June 2003
- ^ Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos I has died Archived 27 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine famagusta-gazette.com, 22 December 2007