enthroned ended predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title article_title name church
august 26 , 1854 1865 kyrillos i sophronios iii 1865 prodromos nicosia archbishop of cyprus makarios i
 makarios i orthodox church of cyprus
makarios i

makarios i , was archbishop of cyprus from 1854 until 1865 .
he was born in the village of prodromos and his original surname was christodoulides .
he started his religious studies at trooditissa monastery and was later transferred to kykkos monastery .
he was ordained archbishop on august 26 , 1854 succeeding kyrillos i who had died a month earlier .
makarios was instrumental in the establishment of many schools throughout rural cyprus to combat illiteracy .
in 1857 he founded the faneromeni school , the first school for girls on the island .
he also sought to have the tax burden eased by written requests to kâmil pasha the grand vizier in constantinople who was himself a cypriot .
makarios died in nicosia on august 4 , 1865 from cholera , after refusing to leave the city when an epidemic broke out .
