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Makarios' origins were humble. He was born Mikhail Mouskos into a peasant family in the village of Panayia. A bright student, young Mouskos entered the monastery of Kykko in the Troodos Mountains at 13 and took the religious name Makarios, which means "blessed" in Greek. He chose to become a "black" or celibate priest rather than one of the "white" priests, who are free to marry but cannot be consecrated bishops. Makarios rose fast: he was sent to Athens to study law and theology, later went to Boston University. In 1948 he was summoned home to turbulent Cyprus...
...counter Grivas' threat, Makarios' archbishopric and the wealthy monks of the Kykko monastery together spent $2,500,000 to purchase rifles, machine guns and bazookas from Czechoslovakia. When Greek Ambassador Constantine Panayiotakos complained, Makarios insisted he knew nothing about such weapons. All the while, apparently, they were being trucked into the cellar of his archiepiscopal palace. Papadopoulos, responding to this open defiance, requested the archbishop to turn over the weapons to United Nations troops keeping peace on the island...
...farmer, Makarios was born Mikhail Mouskos, entered the 12th century monastery of Kykko at the age of 13, took his present name, which in Greek means blessed, when he became a deacon. Makarios studied theology at the University of Athens, and after his ordination in 1946 he went to Boston University on a World Council of Churches scholarship. He was elected Bishop of Citium two years later, became Archbishop of Cyprus...
Blessed Monk. Esthete Makarios comes of earthy origins. He was born Michael Mouskos in 1913 in the coastal village of Panayia. His father, a typical gnarled and baggy-trousered peasant, recalls that he was a "bad goatherd," and thought him rather stupid. Not so the abbot of Kykko monastery, who was attracted by young Michael's intelligence when the boy became a novice at the age of 13; he later took the name Makarios, which means "blessed." By entering Kykko, which was founded eight centuries ago high in the Troodos Mountains, and is today the wealthiest monastery in Cyprus...
Education: At the village school, Kykko Monastery, the Pancyprian gymnasium in Nicosia and the Theology School of Athens, where he graduated...
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