Birth Centenary of Ethnarch Makarios ΙΙΙ, Commemorative Issue
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Birth Centenary of Ethnarch Makarios ΙΙΙ, Commemorative Issue
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Archbishop, Ethnarch and first President of the Republic of Cyprus, Makarios III was an eloquent orator with an imposing personality. He was born Michael Mouskos on 13th August 1913 in the village of Panayia in Pafos and he was admitted to Kykko monastery as a novice
monk when he was very young. In 1948 he was elected Metropolitan Bishop of Kitium and two years later Archbishop of Cyprus.
His tenure as President was far from harmonious for he led a newly independent country whose citizens had many misgivings about the constitution that had been thrust upon them. Christopher Hitchens, in his book “Hostage to History, Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger, page 50”, wrote: “Cyprus got its independence unnecessarily late and under very trying and onerous conditions. Archbishop Makarios was right when he said that the agreement had created a state but not a nation”.
As President, Makarios saw the flare up of hostilities between the Greek and Turkish populations and the gradual separation of the two communities. He had his enemies who were plotting his removal and in March 1970 his helicopter was shot down as it lifted from the Αrchbishop’s Palace.
He survived the assassination attempt. Four years later, in 1974, the Greek Junta in Greece organized a coup to topple him; he managed to escape but the door was left open for Turkey to invade Cyprus and grab 37% of the land.
Makarios died on 3rd August 1977 of a broken heart.
monk when he was very young. In 1948 he was elected Metropolitan Bishop of Kitium and two years later Archbishop of Cyprus.
His tenure as President was far from harmonious for he led a newly independent country whose citizens had many misgivings about the constitution that had been thrust upon them. Christopher Hitchens, in his book “Hostage to History, Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger, page 50”, wrote: “Cyprus got its independence unnecessarily late and under very trying and onerous conditions. Archbishop Makarios was right when he said that the agreement had created a state but not a nation”.
As President, Makarios saw the flare up of hostilities between the Greek and Turkish populations and the gradual separation of the two communities. He had his enemies who were plotting his removal and in March 1970 his helicopter was shot down as it lifted from the Αrchbishop’s Palace.
He survived the assassination attempt. Four years later, in 1974, the Greek Junta in Greece organized a coup to topple him; he managed to escape but the door was left open for Turkey to invade Cyprus and grab 37% of the land.
Makarios died on 3rd August 1977 of a broken heart.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
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Library of Cyprus University of Technology
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Designer: Melanie Efstathiadou
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Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
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www.cypruspost.gov.cy
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en
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2013CS213
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35.160417, 33.346556
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Birth Centenary of Ethnarch Makarios ΙΙΙ, Commemorative Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed January 24, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44232.