The Archbishops of Cyprus in the modern age
Subtitle: the changing role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their identities and politics
By: Edited by Andrekos Varnava and Michalis N. Michael
Series: Cyprus historical and contemporary studies; Cyprus historical and contemporary studies
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781443849296
Subjects: History; Statesmen; Cypriots; Nationalism; Church history; International status; Politics and government; Ethnic relations; Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados
Description: Since the onset of Ottoman rule, but more especially from the mid-18th century, the Archbishops of 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 Makarious III.  Indeed his presence at Madame Tussaud's is a reminder of his stature.  But were all Cypriot archbishops such political and powerful Greek nationalists?  This study  offers valuable historical and political insights into the phenomenon. -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-321)and index.

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Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter  One. Archbishop-Ethnarchs since 1767 / Michalis N. Michael; title: ch. Two Chrysanthos, 1767-1810: Grappling with the Vicissitudes of Ottoman Power / Theoharis Stavrides; title: ch. Three Kyprianos, 1810-21: An Orthodox Cleric Administering Politics' in an Ottoman Island / Michalis N. Michael; title: ch. Four Panaretos, 1827-40: His Struggle for Absolute Power during the Era of Ottoman Administrative Reforms / Michalis N. Michael; title: ch. Five Makarios I, 1854-65: The Tanzimat and the Role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch / Kyprianos D. Louis; title: ch. Six Sophronios III, 1865-1900: The Last of the Old' and the First of the New' Archbishop-Ethnarchs? / Andrekos Varnava; title: ch. Seven Kyrillos II, 1909-16: The First Greek Nationalist and Enosist Archbishop-Ethnarch / Irene Pophaides; title: ch. Eight Kyrillos III, 1916-33: Between Sophronios III and Kyrillos II / Irene Pophaides; title: Contents note continued: ch. Nine Leondios and the Archiepiscopal Question, 1933-47: The Demise of an Apolitical Ethnarchy? / Alexis Rappas; title: ch. Ten Makarios III, 1950-77: Creating the Ethnarchic State / Sia Anagnostopoulou; title: ch. Eleven Chrysostomos I, 1977-2006: Makarios III was A Difficult Act to Follow' / Andrekos Varnava.