Church of Cyprus the Union ("Enosis") between Cyprus and Greece. While archbishop he was the political leader of the EOKA liberation struggle in the years 1955–1959. The British exiled him to the Seychelles because of his activities. In 1960, Archbishop Makarios III was elected President of the newly established Republic of Cyprus. Disagreements of the other three bishops with Makarios lead to the Ecclesiastical coup. Following the dethronement of the Bishops of Paphos, Kitium and Kyrenia for conspiring against Makarios, two new Bishoprics were created: the Bishopric of Limassol which was detached from the Bishopric of Kition, and the Bishopric of Morfou which
Makarios (Tillyrides) name Makarios and subsequently ordained a priest and consecrated first and last Bishop of Riruta by then Metropolitan Peter of Axum and Bishop Theodore of Uganda. He was made Archbishop of Zimbabwe in 1998 and, finally, Archbishop of Nairobi in 2001. Archbishop Makarios can speak, apart from his native Greek, English, French, Russian, Italian, plus several African dialects. Under his direction, the Orthodox Church has translated liturgical texts even to some dialects that had never been written before. Under his direction, the two first native bishops were consecrated: Athanasius (Akunda) of Kisumu and All Western Kenya on 2015 and Bishop