Orthodox Christian believers light candles following the embrace of the holy relics of Saint Lazarus in an act known as ...

Cyprus is stepping up efforts to attract more visitors from Poland, with the Famagusta regional tourism board (Etap) teaming up with local hotels for a roadshow across Krakow, Poznan and Warsaw this ...

Turkish Cypriots demonstrated in the occupied territories of Cyprus against Erdogan's push to introduce the Islamic headscarf ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

“I resigned” from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, explains Jerry A. Coyne at The Wall Street Journal, because it had “abandoned science.” In November, it posted an essay “denying ...

(Feb. 6, 2019) -- Do children raised by religious parents have better social and psychological development than those raised in non-religious homes? In a new study, UTSA researchers found that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, met on Monday with the Maronite Archbishop, Selim Sfeir, the Latin Bishop, Variano Bruno, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Holy See in Cyprus, Giorgio Chezza, and the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus said Thursday its will adopt recommendations of a security initiative ...

Cyprus gained independence from British rule ... surviving when Byzantine emperors banned the use of religious images. A depiction of Christ, the Virgin Mary, archangels and apostles was chopped ...

(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus said Wednesday it plans to subsidize construction of private ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

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