MakariosIII

Ma·kar·i·os III (mə-kărʹē-əs, -ōs', mä-käʹrē-ôs), Originally Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos. 1913-1977.

Cypriot prelate and politician. Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus (1950-1977), he supported the political unification of Cyprus and Greece and was the first president of independent Cyprus (1959-1977).

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