![]() ![]() Since Orthodox bishops were sworn to a vow of celibacy and parish clergy were usually married, bishops were recruits from monasteries rather than parish churches. A bishop had to be a graduate of the Orthodox theological seminary in Greece and be at least thirty years of age. New metropolitanates were created by Makarios in 1973 for Limassol and Morphou, with a suffragan, or assistant, bishop in Salamis under the archbishop. ![]() The church had long been composed of four episcopal sees: the archbishopric of Nicosia, and the metropolitanates of Paphos, Kition, and Kyrenia. At independence (1959–1960), Archbishop Makarios III, was elected president of the republic to hold the post until his death in 1977. Under the British, there was an attempt to secularize all public institutions, but this move was bitterly opposed by Church authorities, who used the conflict with the colonial administration to gain leadership of the Greek nationalist movement in fighting for independence. Under Lusignan and Venetian rule, the Church of Cyprus was pressured to recognize the authority of the pope. The Great Schism had major consequences for the Church of Cyprus. While recognising the seniority and prestige of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople, it has enjoyed complete administrative autonomy under its own Archbishop since the 5th century. The most important church in Cyprus, the Church of Cyprus, is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church. ![]() Main article: Church of Cyprus Agia Napa monastery Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca Agia Paraskevi Byzantine church in Yeroskipou Gothic-style church of Panagia (19th century) at the northern part of the island. ![]()
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