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7 unusual facts about Makarios III


Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum

Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum (Dasoupolis Lyceum) was established in 1978 in Nicosia.

Ayhan Hikmet

President Makarios described the murders as an “odious crime” against individuals who had “ranged themselves on the side of cooperation and the harmonious coexistence of Greeks and Turks and persistently condemned the policy of the extremist elements in their community."

John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton

However, negotiations with Archbishop Makarios III were unsuccessful and, eventually, Harding exiled Makarios to the British Colony of Seychelles.

Makarios III

In October 1955, with the security situation deteriorating, the British governor, Sir John Harding, opened talks on the island’s future.

Nicosia Armenian school

The current building was built between 1971-1972 by the Technical Services of the Ministry of Education and was inaugurated on 12 November 1972 by Archbishop Makarios III and Catholicos Khoren I of Cilicia.

Terence Clarke

Clarke was a strong opponent of Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus, and in 1960 protested that Dr Hastings Banda,the British-educated dictator of Malawi, had "shouted at me and behaved in a way I have seen no English or African politician behave before" (Clarke wanted the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland to continue).

Tirilye

Stone School, which is known as the school where the archbishop Makarios III, the former president of Cyprus, has attended has been designed with a neo classical style reflecting western architecture.


Ecclesiastical coup

The Ecclesiastical coup is the name given to the events staged by three bishops of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus against the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III in the period from March 1972 to July 1973.


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