The Archbishops of Cyprus in the Modern Age the Changing Role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their Identities and Politics. [electronic resource] :
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
Table of contents; list of images; series editor introduction; acknowledgements; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; chapter seven; chapter eight; chapter nine; chapter ten; chapter eleven; contributors; selected bibliography; index.
Since the onset of Ottoman rule, but more especially from the mid-18th Century, the archbishops of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church have wielded a great deal of political power. Most people of a certain age will remember the bearded monk who became a Greek nationalist politician and the first President of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960, Archbishop Makarios III. Indeed his presence at Madame Tussaud's is a reminder of his stature. But were all Cypriot archbishops such political and po ...