Church of Cyprus

Church of Cyprus
Εκκλησία της Κύπρου
Coat of arms of the Church of Cyprus.
ClassificationEastern Orthodox Church
OrientationGreek Orthodox Church
TheologyEastern Orthodox theology
PolityEpiscopal polity
PrimateGeorge III
Monasteries67
LanguageKoine Greek
HeadquartersNicosia, Cyprus
TerritoryCyprus
FounderBarnabas the Apostle
OriginRoman Cyprus
IndependenceAD 431 or earlier
RecognitionAD 431 (Council of Ephesus), AD 478 (Roman Empire)
Members838,897[1]
Official websitewww.churchofcyprus.org.cy Edit this at Wikidata
St. John's Cathedral, Nicosia

The Church of Cyprus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, romanizedEkklisia tis Kyprou) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches; it claims to have always been independent, although it may have been subject to the Church of Antioch before its autocephaly was recognized in 431 at the Council of Ephesus. The bishop of the ancient capital, Salamis (renamed Constantia by Emperor Constantius II) was constituted metropolitan by Emperor Zeno, with the title archbishop.