Cypriots are a bit on the disobedient side, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday calling on the faithful to stay at home after police launched probes into two bishops for encouraging people to attend church services.
Police are investigating the Bishops of Morphou Neophytos and of Trimithountos, Varnavas. The first, for holding mass on Sunday in a church in Peristerona, with the participation of members of the public, the latter for ignoring police warnings not to call on the faithful to attend church services.
Commenting on their behaviour, the archbishop said on Tuesday they are not children to be told by him what to do.
“They are educated people, theologians, they know these things, but this mindset is not right,” the archbishop told state broadcaster CyBC. He urged them to stop behaving that way.
The archbishop called on everyone to be patient and follow church services from home.
“We Cypriots are a bit disobedient. We learned not to easily obey, unfortunately, we do not discipline ourselves 100 per cent. This saddens me,” he said.
After the probe into the Bishop of Morphou Neophytos, police said they were also investigating the Bishop of Trimithounta, Varnavas.
Police chief Kypros Michaelides told Alpha TV that Varnavas had called on his congregation to attend church services despite being cautioned to refrain from such actions.
Michaelides said both cases were being investigated because the bishops’ actions concern incitement to criminal offence.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/04/14/coronavirus-archbishop-says-cypriots-are-a-bit-on-the-disobedient-side/
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