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===Church of Cyprus===

===Church of Cyprus===

Established by St. [[Lazarus (brother of Mary)|Lazarus]] (the one Jesus raised from the dead) this church never did much in the way of missionary work.  It has been autocephalous since the Council of Ephesus made it so A.D. 431.  Nevertheless, it is an important pilgrimage site since the relics of St. Lazarus and St. Barnabus are there. Two stories about St. Lazarus still circulate on the island.  One that he laughed aloud at a man who stole a clay pot saying “clay stealing clay” and that he always served something sweet at every meal.

Established by St. [[Lazarus (brother of Mary)|Lazarus]] (the one Jesus raised from the dead) this has been a church of martyrs, in the Second Century a hundred thousand Christians were murdered here by Jewish mobs, and in the 1840's the entire Episcopacy and all leading laymen were rounded up and murdered by the Turks.  It has been autocephalous since the Council of Ephesus made it so A.D. 431.  Nevertheless, it is an important pilgrimage site since the relics of St. Lazarus and St. Barnabus are there. Two stories about St. Lazarus still circulate on the island.  One that he laughed aloud at a man who stole a clay pot saying “clay stealing clay” and that he always served something sweet at every meal.

===Church of Greece===

===Church of Greece===