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Who Is Makarios?
(a) Who was Makarios
Makarios III was the Archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Church of Cyprus since 1950 until his death in 1977. During the 1950s he became the political leader of the anti-colonial struggle of the Greek Cypriot movement EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) that fought against the British colonisers. Consequently Makarios, because of his dual role, became the Ethnarch, the de facto leader of the Greek Cypriot Community. Makarios showed from the early beginning of his career his detest of the bipolarity of the Cold War and his preference of a world without alignments. That was the reason why he participated in the first Afro-Asian Conference which took place in Bandung of Indonesia, in April 1955, where
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It was during the time of his exile in the Seychelles islands that Archbishop Makarios tasted the need of establishing missionary work in Kenya. When he was freed from Seychelles, he spent one week in Nairobi on his way to Athens. It was then that he met the Kenyan people for the first time and made public statements about freedom and justice to those under British administration. On Sunday 14th April 1957, Archbishop Makarios celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Sts. Anargyroi, Nairobi, thus becoming the first Orthodox bishop ever to officiate in that church. This short pass of Makarios from Kenya brought him in contact with the locals who saw him as a national hero, an emblem of the anti-colonial struggle and not of course as a white colonist. That was the reason why many years later a road was renamed after Makarios in the memory of his passing from Kenya in the way to freedom. It was then that he realized the importance of Christian missions in the development of African countries in reference to the sectors of health, education and …show more content…
The foundation of this Seminary constitutes yet another corner stone in the consolidation of the existing friendly relations between our two countries; relations that have been founded by the belief in common ideals and common struggles.’
Additionally in his speech on 23rd of March at Nicosia International Airport on his arrival from Kenya, Makarios underlined to anyone concerned that:
‘My visit to Kenya was of a religious nature and had no official character from the political point of view. However, there were many friendly manifestations towards Cyprus both by the Government and the people. Yesterday morning, I had a meeting of common interest in a cordial atmosphere. The laying of the foundation stone of the Seminary was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Mr. Mungai, who in an address to the gathering referred to Cyprus' and Kenya's liberation struggles and stressed the friendly bonds between the two countries.
(c) How did Makarios exploit his image and relationship with rulers in Kenya (Some info mentioned earlier) + (d) What did Makrios achieve in Kenya and beyond in sub-Saharan

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