Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

Chrysostomos II (Greek Χρυσόστομος Β, civil Ηρόδοτος Δημητρίου ( Irodotos Dimitriou ), born April 10, 1941 in Tala, Paphos district ) is a Cypriot priest and Archbishop of Nea Justinianopolis and All Cyprus.

Chrysostomos II lost at the age of ten years his father and joined two years later in the monastery of Agios Neophytos of Paphos. On November 3, 1963, he became the Bishop of Trimithounda, Georgios, ordained a deacon. After graduating from the University of Athens, he was elected on 19 October 1972 Hegumen of the Monastery of St. Neophytos and consecrated on 12 November 1972 concerning the priests. On February 25, 1978, he was elected bishop of Paphos and received a day later a bishop. Chrysostomos II is the successor of Chrysostom I. and Archbishop of Cyprus in October 2006 head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church.

To avert the looming government default while the Cypriot financial crisis presented Chrysostomos II during a personal meeting with President Anastasiadis in March 2013 a proposal to support the economy of the country: the total assets of the church could be pledged, which - as the Archbishop characteristic emphasized - have immense dimensions, and in return they would receive bonds. Leaving the presidential palace said Chrysostomos II, to have suggested routes to the exit from the crisis and advocated withdrawal from the monetary union.

Archbishop Chrysostomos II has repeatedly called for the resignation of the Finance Minister Michalis Sarris and the banking bosses Panicos Demetriades, he both criticized mainly because they had done nothing to prevent the required Brussels restructuring of the banking system. So it came to large losses among large - savers, including the Church counts. The Minister of Finance came directly back to an agreement with the lenders troika of EU, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund on April 3, 2013.

Its political and economic importance underlined Chrysostomos II in which he wore at military receptions and talks with the President a scepter ..