The Article 18 paragraph 7 of the Cypriot Constitution states that until someone is sixteen, the choice of religion is taken by his guardians. However Church Christians feel that the laws of the 3 Yahwehs are above any other laws. So one headmaster decided to take the pupils of a nursery school to a church without the parents consent to worship some relics. The Ombudsman said that this was against the Human Rights, against International and European Law and the Constitution of Cyprus.
Relics are disgusting for 5 year-old kids. Even teachers and church's laymen personnel kept us away from them, only priests tried to persuade us that we should kiss the cases containing them.
Then the Archbishop intervened and said that it is not up the Ombudsman to decide, every school has a program to follow. The school of course has to follow the instructions of the State, the headmaster cannot do whatever he likes or whatever the Archbishop likes.
The Archbishop then said that the pupils will go to Church either everyone else likes it or not. He feels as the true monarch of the island, as the Word of the 3 Yahwehs. All others have not the least significance.
The Archbishop said, that in matters of faith only he should be asked. He believes that only the Eastern Christian Church is the Truth and Good and all the others are Lies and Evil, so every child has to become a member of his Church.
And then he says that the Orthodox Church doesn't force anybody to go the Church and worship. After saying that the kids will go there, either they like it or not. And nobody makes any thoughts about his mental health.
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Relics are disgusting for 5 year-old kids. Even teachers and church's laymen personnel kept us away from them, only priests tried to persuade us that we should kiss the cases containing them.
Then the Archbishop intervened and said that it is not up the Ombudsman to decide, every school has a program to follow. The school of course has to follow the instructions of the State, the headmaster cannot do whatever he likes or whatever the Archbishop likes.
The Archbishop then said that the pupils will go to Church either everyone else likes it or not. He feels as the true monarch of the island, as the Word of the 3 Yahwehs. All others have not the least significance.
The Archbishop said, that in matters of faith only he should be asked. He believes that only the Eastern Christian Church is the Truth and Good and all the others are Lies and Evil, so every child has to become a member of his Church.
And then he says that the Orthodox Church doesn't force anybody to go the Church and worship. After saying that the kids will go there, either they like it or not. And nobody makes any thoughts about his mental health.
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