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Makarios had faced an attack from another …
Years: 1973 - 1973
Makarios had faced an attack from another quarter in the spring of 1972, when the three bishops of the Church of Cyprus demanded that he resign as president because his temporal duties violated canon
law.
Moving astutely, Markarios foils the three bishops and has them defrocked in the summer of 1973.
Before choosing their replacements, he increases the number of bishoprics to five, thereby
reducing the power of individual bishops.
law.
Moving astutely, Markarios foils the three bishops and has them defrocked in the summer of 1973.
Before choosing their replacements, he increases the number of bishoprics to five, thereby
reducing the power of individual bishops.
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Years: 1973 - 1973
Locations
People
Groups
- Turkish people
- Greeks (Modern)
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Cyprus, Republic of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions