Makarios III the British press as a crooked Cypriot priest and viewed with suspicion by the British authorities, was intercepted by Special Branch officers while attempting to board a flight at Nicosia airport. The joint police/military plan, codenamed Operation Apollo, saw Makarios exiled to Mahe Island in the Seychelles on 9 March 1956, as a 'guest' of Sir William Addis, Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles. The Archbishop and his staff were flown to Aden and then on to Mombasa. At the Kenyan port the party were embarked in the East African Naval Vessel "Rosalind", escorted by the frigate HMS "Loch Fada".
Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum in Germany and Austria. It also takes part in MEDI.M.U.N. (Mediterranean Model United Nations), the European Youth Parliament and it has applied to participate in the 3 year long Erasmus+ along with three other countries. Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum (Dasoupolis Lyceum) is a public high school located in Dasoupoli, Strovolos. The reason for its founding was to cover the needs of the refugees after the 1974 Turkish invasion. Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum (Dasoupolis Lyceum) was established in 1978 in Nicosia. Originally the school functioned as a gymnasium (middle school) from 1978 to 1983. From then on