Theologians Theodoros Kyriakou and Andreas Pitsillidis spoke on the Front Page about the consultations ahead of the Archbishop Elections.
Initially, Mr. Kyriakou mentioned that we had two winners. One was Athanasios and the other George. The latter was not certain to enter the three-man, let alone second.
For his part, Mr. Pitsillidis noted that the "unholy alliances" made the elections "better every year", affecting the turnout of citizens at the polls. In relation to the Metropolitan of Paphos, he pointed out that the overseer always has the glamor of the position and he was in Nicosia in the Archdiocese for 40 days. Note that Isaiah's star is now rising.
Afterwards, Mr. Kyriakou emphasized that Paphos used certain things in a correct way. He addressed the area of the Center, while emphasizing the national issue. He also brought back into the dialogue things that had ended, such as conversion.
Mr. Pitsillidis said that "I did not vote for the Metropolitan of Limassol, but he got as many votes as the other two together. We are not simple voters, we are the Body of the Church, we are part of the Church.
K. Kyriakou made a reference "to the realities of the results of the ballot box. That is, 35,68% of Athanasios in the Cypriot people is 10%. 18,39% of Paphos is 5-6%. He added that there is no such procedure anywhere in the world. Perhaps there should have been a lottery process after the three-person election. When you involve the people, Athanasius is justified in saying that the decision of the people must be taken into account. On the other hand, Pafos is also justified, observing the letter of the statute". He did not rule out the possibility of changing the shop again.
In relation to the balance within the Holy Synod, the two theologians did not rule out an Archbishop emerging from the first vote. In the "camp" of Metropolitan Paphos are Trimythoundos, Kitiou, Mesaoria, Chytron and Arsinois, a total of seven votes. He noted that there are some with question marks (Kyrenia, Basilios, Morphou).
It is noted that the Kykkotes (Kykkou and Tamasou) have differences with both the main candidates.
However, Mr. Kyriakou spoke of George's promise to the Metropolitan of Karpasia that he would give him the Diocese of Limassol.