The Archbishops of Cyprus in the modern age : the changing role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their identities and politics / edited by Andrekos Varnava and Michalis N. Michael.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varnava, Andrekos.

Michaēl, Michalēs N.

Series:

Cyprus Historical and Contemporary Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church--21st century.

Church.

Church history--20th century.

Church history.

Religion.

Cyprus--History.

Cyprus.

Cyprus--International status.

Cyprus--Politics and government.

Cyprus--Ethnic relations.

Cyprus--History--Turkish rule, 1571-1878.

Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--History.

Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.

Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus, 1913-1977.

Makarios.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cyprus Historical and Contemporary StudiesSince the onset of Ottoman rule, but more especially from the mid-18th Century, the archbishops of the 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 Makarios 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 is unique in its explor

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; SERIES EDITOR INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 14, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5081-0

OCLC:

855505146