Priest of the Church of Cyprus files a complaint to the Synod against the Primate

Priest Demos Serkelidis has filed a complaint against the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Archbishop George of Cyprus. Serkelidis expects that the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus will cancel his six-month suspension from the performance of priestly duties, which the head of the Church of Cyprus imposed on him because of the priest’s criticism of the Primate’s policy on the development of ecumenism. This is reported by the Greek edition Romfea.gr.

In particular, according to priest Demos Serkelidis, he complains to the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus that:

• The Primate of the CCC convened an illegal episcopal court, in violation of numerous provisions of the Statute of the Church of Cyprus, in order to punish him without trial and thus slander him as a heretic “apostate”;
• The Primate invented the non-existent heresy of “apotheosis” to slander him, as well as any other pious cleric who in the future wants to oppose the panarchy of ecumenism;
• The Primate constantly distorts the Holy Canons, which in itself is a crime against Orthodoxy;
• On the issue of mixed marriages and concubinage with heretics and the recognition of baptism for heterodox believers, the Primate expresses heretical ecumenical positions, violating countless sacred canons. And his attempt to impose these views on his fellow bishops is an aggravating circumstance against him, requiring the application of timeless church measures described by the Fifth Ecumenical Council: “…the holy fathers prescribed to anathematize those who have sinned either in faith or in the canons even after death.”

In connection with the above, Serkelidis asks the Holy Synod to investigate the present complaint against His Beatitude Archbishop George.

At the same time, he calls on the Synod to take appropriate steps to “formally reverse the unjustified sentence” — as he characterizes the six-month suspension imposed on him — and to address the complaints against him from the outset, “in accordance with the detailed provisions of the Statute of the Church of Cyprus.”