Word: kykko
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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...
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