Christophoros 5 was bishop of Hagia Kyriake; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 994-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Χριστοφόρου ἐπισκόπου τῆς Ἁγίας Κυριακῆς: Mansi XII 994, XIII 365. Elsewhere he is styled Χριστόφορος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Ἁγίας Κυριακῆς or similar: Mansi XII 1095, XIII 140, XIII 177, XIII 192, XIII 384. At the second session he spoke in support of the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1), and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1095. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 140. At the fifth session he observed that the books cited in evidence at the iconoclast synod were forgeries and fitting for a false synod: Mansi XIII 177. He later spoke diffidently, quoting the prophecy that "the sinner is convicted in the works of his hands" and remarking that the forgeries and erasures perpetrated by the iconoclasts at their council only served to convict them of impiety: Mansi XIII 192. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 384.

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