PERFORMANCE OF MARRIAGE (for orthodox Cypriots)
The future bride and groom must address to the priest of the temple where they want to perform the marriage. Even if the two come from the parish or community where the marriage will take place and are free or have in their hands a church divorce will take from the priest “ a certificate to issue an authorization for marriage”. Having the certificates of birth and analyses on the Mediterranean anaemia (by governmental or private laboratory) will address to the Holy Bishopric of Paphos, 5 -10 days before the performance of marriage for the issue for the authorization for marriage. (For the communities of Bishopric of Arsinoe they will address to the Bishopric of Arsinoe at Peristerona village of Paphos). If the one from the couple does not come from the parish or community in which the marriage will take place, he/she owes to present also a certificate of freedom from the priest of his place of origin. The refugees take certificates of freedom from the Bishopric from which they emanate, and not from the place that remains temporarily. If the woman is a refugee then the authorization of marriage will come out from the Bishopric in which they emanate and it will be presented in the Holy Bishopric of Paphos or Bishopric of Arsinoe for a publication of a new authorization(in this case its better to communicate with the domestic bishopric for the papers they need) .
PERFORMANCE OF MARRIAGE (for orthodox not Cypriots)
It’s required to produce certificate (from both the groom and the bride) that shows they are baptized Christian Orthodox from the church they were baptized. Also they must make a statement in the court that they are free and are not relatives between them. With their passports and the rest papers we report earlier they should go to the bishopric of Paphos and they will take the authorisation for the marriage to take to the priest that will marry them.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE
- The interested member for submission an application for divorce must firstly meet personally with the metropolitan of Paphos Mr. Georgios to discusss the subject. If the Metropolitan realises that indeed a reason for divorce (according to the Constitutive Chart of Church Cyprus) exists he gives an authorization for submission of an application for divorce. The reasons of divorce appear in the attached application of divorce. With the submission of application its required: a) a testimonial of marriage and, b) dues of 70 Euros.
- Marriages of Cypriot refugees, those that in order to get married in Paphos district they brought authorization of marriage from their own Metropolis (Morphou, Kerynia, Famagusta, Nicosia), are dissolved by the Metropolis that published the authorization of marriage and not from the Holy Metropolis of Paphos.
- Marriages that doesn’t involve refugees and were performed either in the region of Paphos or elsewhere, can go on trial from the Holy Metropolis of Paphos, if the couple have Paphos as their permanent residence the last 12 months, at least.
CERTIFICATES OF MARRIAGE
Are published by the Metropolis of Paphos, provided that interested people state their names and the date of performance of their marriage. For the communities of Bishopric of Arsinoe the certificates are published by the offices of Bishopric in Peristerona village of Paphos.
CERTIFICATES OF BAPTISM
Are taken from the temple where the Baptism took place. Later have to be ratified by the Metropolis of Paphos or Bishopric of Arsinoe.
ADULTS BAPTISM
Before an adult gets baptized catechism precedes by theologian of Holy Metropolis of Paphos. The ones that are interested for baptism should remain legally in Cyprus. They address to the Holy Metropolis of Paphos and after meeting with Metropolitan Georgios and his authorization, a program of personal catechism is scheduled by a theologian of Religious Enlightenment of Metropolis. The catechism is done in Greek or English. Arabic-speaking people are dispatched to an Arabian priest of Patriarchate of Antioch that is found in Limassol. After the completion of Catechism a permission of baptism is published and given to the particular priest that will perform the mystery, undersigned from Metropolitan of Paphos Mr.Georgios or Bishop of Arsinoe Mr.Nektarios.
The same process is also followed for the nomination of Christians of other dogmas.
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