The application of the former Metropolitan of Paphos Tychikos was rejected against the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchatetranslated

In rejecting the application of the former Metropolitan of Paphos, Mr. Tychikos, for the issuance of privileged writs of Certiorari regarding the decision dated 17.10.2025 of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Supreme Court proceeded, in a decision issued on July 9, 2026. On June 10, 2026, the Supreme Court had given the possibility to the former Metropolitan of Paphos, Mr. Tychikos, to proceed with an application for the issuance of a privileged warrant in relation to the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, but not for the decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, making the appeal of the former Metropolitan of Paphos against a first instance decision that rejected the his request for an extension of the deadline for challenging the ecclesiastical decisions that declared him deposed from his office.

According to the text of the decision of July, the Applicant requests permission to register an application by summons for the issuance of a privileged writ of Certiorari to annul the decision dated 17.10.2025 of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which ratified the decision dated 22.5.2025 of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus regarding the discount...