CYPRUS DEDICATION... THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT MAKARIOS!!!... AND SOME BIOGRAPHIES... CONFESSION IN FAVOR OF FAITH AND THE HOMELAND

CONFESSION IN FAVOR OF FAITH AND THE HOMELAND

HOLY EVER-VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD MARY, PROTECTOR OF CLERGY AND PEOPLE, GENERAL OF THE GREEK ARMED FORCES, GUIDES SAINT JOHN VATATZIS TO THE WORLD ORTHODOX GREEK KINGDOM prophecies St. Methodius (†311), St. Tarasios (+806), St. Andrew (+10th century), Ven. Nilus (†1651), St. Kosmas (+1779), St. Arsenios of Cappadocia (+1924), St. John of Hozeva (+1960), St. Porphyrios (+1991), Ven. Ger. Paisios (+1994), Joseph of Vatopedi (+2009), Ieremias Simon Arvanitis, Fr. John Kalaidis (+2009), epitaph of Emp. Constantine.

CYPRUS DEDICATION... THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT MAKARIOS!!!... AND SOME BIOGRAPHIES...

CONFESSION IN FAVOR OF FAITH AND THE HOMELAND

I DO NOT FORGET .. C Y P R U S .. A T T I L A S .. 7 4 .. NOT AN INCH TO THE ANTICHRIST TURANOMONGOLS

The Great Archbishop Makarios in his monumental address after the assassination attempt on him by the American-backed Junta of Athens: Greek Cypriot people. I am Makarios. Greek people of Cyprus, the junta has decided to destroy Cyprus, to partition it..!

Night in the cell of Saint Paisios…

PANAGOUDHA.. BEGINNING OF REPENTANCE.. HERE THE CONFESSION WAS MADE.. MORE LIKE CO-WORSHIPING, AS SAID BY THE VENERABLE ELDER PAISIOS.. WE SAID TOGETHER THE "CREED" AND THE "OUR FATHER" YEAR 1992.. SCHENGEN TREATY, BEGINNING OF NEOTAXIC EVIL JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE THE HOLY DORMITION OF THE ELDER.. 7500 YEARS FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY.. FROM THE CREATION AND INSPIRATION OF ADAM.. HERE UNDER THE ICON OF THE HOLY LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.. MY SOUL WAS UNTIED FOR THE FIRST TIME.. IN THE MEETING WITH HIM IT WAS EMPTIED.. FROM THIS CELL.. AND FROM THE WORD OF THE HOLY ANTHIMOS OF AGIANANNITES.. THREE YEARS LATER.. "FIRST OF ALL.. ORTHODOX AND GREEK" EVERYTHING STARTED.. EVERYTHING CONCERNING THE "CONFESSION IN FAVOR OF FAITH AND THE HOMELAND"

Letter from Saint Paisios about the uncanonical "deposition" of Archbishop Makarios III and the events of 1974 in Cyprus

The recently proclaimed saint of our Church, monk Paisios the Athonite, in his letter to brother E. on August 11, 1974, which is contained in the book: Elder (Holy) Paisios letter no. 65, from the book G.A. (ed.), Elder Paisios, Athonite, Teachings and Correspondence, (ed.) The Transfiguration of the Savior, Milesi 2007, pp. 209-210. It refers to the uncanonical "deposition" of Archbishop Makarios III on March 7, 1973 by the three Metropolitans writing the following: "Many greetings to those who dealt with Makarios and hit him for uncanonical together with the Anglo-Americans and the Turks, who used the Pedalion together with the fathers (the indiscreet ones of our time)", but also to the tragic events that followed.

The Entire Letter of the Saint

Honorable Cross, August 11-74

My dear brother E. Rejoice.

I passed through Athens in transit but I couldn't see you, you were away. Naturally, for two days I went down to the Holy Hesychasterion of Souroti (for a meeting) and from there urgently to Saint Patapios, Loutraki, (for another meeting). Going there I had 3 hours available, two for E.s., who cannot come to Mount Athos and one for E. who can. Perhaps there was no need.

I was very happy that you got settled and have peace. May the Good God give double peace (inner and outer) to the whole world in general. Amen. I was also glad that Father Porphyrios took you on. Don't let him die. He will help you in everything. I will pray that God grants you health for His glory. I have nothing else.

Many greetings to those who dealt with Makarios and hit him for uncanonical together with the Anglo-Americans and the Turks, who used the Pedalion together with the fathers (the indiscreet ones of our time). As if everything that happens is all canonical, and Makarios' uncanonicity remained. Now, after many victims and destructions (and those that are not said) suffered by our Cypriot brothers and sisters from the barbaric and filthy Turks, they agreed to return to the previous state in which Cyprus was under Makarios. May God have mercy on us, my brother E, and give good sense to the fathers of our Church. Amen.

I wrote you my pain, because it is not easy to say it anywhere, because what happened happened.

With love of Christ

Many greetings to sister E.s. and to all acquaintances.

Your brother,

M. Paisios

**THE GREAT MAKARIOS THE NEW HIERONATIONAL MARTYR OF ORTHODOX HELLENISM THE MOST SLANDERED WRONGED AND UNRESTORED HIERARCH AND ETHNARCH OF MODERN GREEK HISTORY...**

**AND WHO FOUGHT FOR THREE THINGS.. NOT TO SURRENDER CYPRUS TO COMMUNISM, TO THE SIONOMASONS AND TO THE TURKS..**

**BUT TO REMAIN ORTHODOX INDEPENDENT AND GREEK...**

**I M M O R T A L**

Unfortunately, some logorrhea, foul-mouthed, irreverent and abusive, fans of flying saucers and other related phantoms milking the air until.. bleeding, dare to defame the Holy Memory of a Holy Man.. in their imaginative and dissolute publications..

Moreover, to all those anti-Christs and anti-Greeks who say that Makarios.. provoked Attila, we reply that HE DENOUNCED THE MASON-SION-DRIVEN JUNTA OF IOANNIDIS..

Greek people of Cyprus, the junta has decided to destroy Cyprus, to partition it, but it will not succeed. Resist the junta in every way. Do not fear, show clearly your position and your decision to resist, to fight. The struggle is holy and the victory is ours. Long live freedom, long live the Greek Cypriot people, long live the nation".

Makarios: "If they had assassinated me, we would have avoided the invasion". And he wondered: "Are these people in their right mind? We will have a new 1922 with them", he said.

note: this is also derived from his dramatic appeal to the UN council where he called on the international community to prevent the extension of the coup in Cyprus and to restore legality so that the Island would not be led to a National adventure...

... how much more can a person be slandered... than to distort his intentions and the meaning of his actions... and to accuse him of crimes that others committed.. THE GREAT MAKARIOS WAS THE ONE AGAINST ALL... THE OAK THAT WHEN IT FALLS.. ALL THE EARTH IS TIMBERED...

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The Archbishop Makarios III was born on August 13, 1913 in the village of Ano Panagia of Paphos. His parents were Christodoulos Mouskos and Eleni Athanasiou. At a young age he went to Kykkos Monastery where he was accepted as a novice.

On August 7, 1938 he was ordained Deacon and renamed from Michalis to Makarios. The same year he was sent as a scholarship holder of Kykkos Monastery to Athens for theological studies at the National University. After graduating in 1942 from the Theological School, he enrolled in the Law School where he attended classes until the liberation of Greece from the German occupation when he returned to Cyprus for a short period. Returning to Athens, he was ordained Presbyter and Archimandrite on January 13, 1946 at the church of Agia Irini, where he served for five years as Deacon with the Metropolitan of Argyrokastro Panteleimon and head of the church of Agia Paraskevi in Piraeus.

The same year, he was given a scholarship from the World Council of Churches and went to the United States of America for further theological studies. He attended classes at Boston University for two years specializing in the Sociology of religion.

On April 8, 1948 he was elected Metropolitan of Kition and on June 13 he was ordained Bishop. His activity as Metropolitan of Kition was in every way fruitful, since he renovated the Metropolis in Larnaca, improved the financial situation of the clergy, founded Philanthropic Sisterhoods and revived the morale of the exhausted people.

As President of the Ethnarchy Office, he went to Greece in 1949 where he had talks with the King, the Prime Minister and other officials, about the Cyprus problem. After his suggestion, the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus organized on January 15, 1950 a Pan-Cypriot Referendum during which 97% of the Greek Cypriot population voted in favor of the union of Cyprus with Greece.

On October 20, 1950 he was elected Archbishop and Ethnarch, succeeding Makarios II. Immediately after his election as Archbishop, he founded the Pan-Cypriot National Youth Organization. Later he visited Athens again, where he tried to convince the Greek Government to appeal to the United Nations on the Cyprus issue. Returning to Cyprus he submitted a protest to the Committee on non-self-governing territories of the United Nations for Britain's omission to submit a report on the political situation in Cyprus.

In October 1952 he went to New York, where the 7th Session of the UN General Assembly was convened, to promote the Cyprus issue on the international stage. Coming back to Cyprus he addressed a letter to the Governor asking him to promote the implementation of the right of self-determination. The Governor's response was negative and the Archbishop criticized Britain's policy in Cyprus. In August 1953 he submitted a request to the UN Secretary General to include in the agenda of the 8th Session of the Organization's General Assembly the issue of implementing the right of self-determination of the Cypriot people.

On March 9, 1956 he was exiled to the Seychelles, after the talks he had with the Governor about the future of Cyprus did not lead to an agreement. After being released, after about a year, the British Government invited him to London, where the London Agreement was signed, which was the continuation of the Zurich Agreement. With these Agreements Cyprus would be declared an independent Republic.

On August 16, 1960 Cyprus was declared an independent Republic and Makarios assumed presidential duties, after winning the elections on December 13, 1959, with a percentage of 66.29%

On February 25, 1968 Archbishop Makarios was re-elected President of the Republic of Cyprus.

On March 8, 1970 an assassination attempt was made against Makarios, who was on board a helicopter, which would transport him to the holy Monastery of Machairas for the memorial of the Deputy Leader of EOKA Grigoris Afxentiou. Makarios was not hurt, but the helicopter pilot was injured, who managed to land it on a plot near the Archbishopric.

Makarios also attached great importance to his religious duties as head of the Church of Cyprus, but also as a leading figure in the field of Orthodoxy. Thus, in March 1971 he went to Kenya, where he laid the foundation stone of the Hierarchical School, which was completed in 1974 at the expense of the Archbishopric. During his visit to Kenya he performed mass baptisms of about five thousand natives.

In February 1973 Makarios was re-elected President of the Republic of Cyprus for the third time. On March 7 of the same year the three Metropolitans of Cyprus decided "the deposition of Archbishop Makarios III from the Episcopal and clerical dignity in general and his return to the rank of the laity", because he did not respond to their demand to resign from the Presidential dignity. This act of the three Metropolitans was condemned by the people and was not recognized by the Heads of the Orthodox Churches. From the 5th to the 14th of July 1973 a Major and Superior Synod convened in Nicosia, which, after declaring the decision of the three Metropolitans uncanonical and, consequently, invalid, null and void and inoperative, called them to return to the previous canonical relationship and communion with the Archbishop and subsequently deposed them, because they disobeyed its suggestions and exhortations.

On July 15, 1974 the military regime of Athens carried out a coup to overthrow Makarios. The Beatitude, saved as if by miracle, left the next day, via Malta, for Britain and from there to the United States of America, where he spoke before the Security Council. On July 20 of the same year, Turkey using the coup as a pretext, invaded Cyprus and occupied about 36% of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, expelled about 28% of the Greek Cypriots from their ancestral homes, killed civilians and caused huge destructions.

He passed away on August 3, 1977.

Makarios was proclaimed honorary doctor of the Theological Schools of the Universities of Boston and Athens, of the Law Schools of the Universities of Kerala India, Thessaloniki, Bogota Colombia and Malta and of the Panteion Higher School of Political Sciences. He was also honored with the highest medals of most Churches and States and with the gold medals of Greek and foreign Municipalities.

those who particularly hated him and hate him

are the communists and the marble worshipers.. but also the fascist juntaists

because he simply stood like a lion against all of them

and their likes.. and whose folly and unlawful life

brought the Holy and Martyric Cyprus to the misfortune of occupation and partition

.. all these even today slander him.. anti-Christs and irreverent.. fascists and idolaters

and unfortunately from these fruits.. the Martyric Megalonisos still has many

freedom requires virtue and boldness!!!

Andreas Kalvos

**Makarios, the man of love and kindness, the Leader Chrysostomos Metropolitan see all videos here**

On August 3, 2020, 43 years have passed since the dormition of Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios. The Most Reverend Metropolitan former of Kition Mr. Chrysostomos speaks to Pemptousia about the Blessed Ethnarch of Cyprus and Archbishop of Cyprus Mr. Makarios.

**The Great Archbishop Makarios in his monumental address after the assassination attempt on him by the American-backed Junta of Athens: Greek Cypriot people. I am Makarios. Greek people of Cyprus, the junta has decided to destroy Cyprus, to partition it..! VIDEO**

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The coup plotters spread that Makarios is dead. However, Makarios refuted them through an address on July 15, 1974 from a radio station where he broadcast his salvation.

"Greek Cypriot people. The voice you hear is familiar to you. You know who is speaking to you. I am Makarios. I am the one you elected as your leader. The junta's coup failed. I was the target. And as long as I am alive, the junta in Cyprus will not pass. The people of Cyprus do not tolerate coups and dictators. Do not obey any instructions or orders broadcast by the junta from this station. Greek people of Cyprus, the junta has decided to destroy Cyprus, to partition it, but it will not succeed. Resist the junta in every way. Do not fear, show clearly your position and your decision to resist, to fight. The struggle is holy and the victory is ours. Long live freedom, long live the Greek Cypriot people, long live the nation".

Makarios: "If they had assassinated me, we would have avoided the invasion". And he wondered: "Are these people in their right mind? We will have a new 1922 with them", he said.

Cyprus produces leaders not to chicken out not to be silent against any temporary power to raise the morale to stand up to the circumstances the people want a leader wants clear words......

The timeless enemies of Hellenism are our current allies.. you understand where we are heading....

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The death of Makarios, the poisoning and his unburied heart

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Many myths and suspicions that were never confirmed accompanied the death of Archbishop Makarios on August 3, 1977. The sudden death but, the personality but also leadership figure, were the reasons that anything to do with him became the first topic of discussion throughout the island.

Shortly after Makarios' death, many were those who spoke of the possibility of his murder. That is, that the heart attack that killed him was the result of a murderous action. That his heart broke from some drugs that had been given to him either inside or outside Cyprus.

Three months after Makarios' death, the rumors and rumors took the form of press publications, insisting that the causes that caused the fatal heart attack on Makarios were not normal.

The Attorney General of the Republic intervened and ordered investigations. The publications stopped, but the investigations never took place.

The newspaper Apogevmatini on November 19, 1977 in a full-page title characteristically wrote: "Shocking. Analysis and report by English doctor implies that the Ethnarch was murdered. Large amounts of lead were found in his heart. What the blood tests done by an English expert showed. There is an official report to be published!".

"Increased amounts of lead far beyond the normal amounts usually found in the blood were detected in the heart of Ethnarch Makarios by the British scientist and his collaborators who embalmed it. And according to the report they submitted there is no sufficient reason to explain the fact that already close collaborators of the Ethnarch to whom the report has been communicated lead to some shocking implications, that is, that the death of Ethnarch Makarios was perhaps not normal".

Apogevmatini, continued the publication, "which has the content of the report of the British doctor and after communicating with a very close collaborator of Ethnarch Makarios who also has the case in mind considered it its duty to inform the People. And this with the simple listing of the facts without making assumptions and without adopting any implication. It even asks for the relevant report and what is related to it to be officially announced so that the people are informed.

After Makarios' death his heart was decided to be preserved. And while his holy body was buried, his heart was transferred to London for embalming.

Before this, the British experts subjected the blood remnants in the cardiac atria to analysis and were surprised to discover that his blood contained disproportionately increased amounts of lead compounds related to arsenic.

After this the English expert states that he cannot officially claim that it is a poisoning that was probably done gradually and in various ways but he maintains serious reservations about the exact causes of his death thus expressing some terrible suspicions.

This data from the hematological analyses of his tormented heart, as the newspaper reports, exists and there is some report on them that documents some assumptions. Makarios as was known was constantly the target of ruthless conspiracies. And he himself before even his first heart attack expressed fears that these conspiracies would culminate.

The well-known map had been submitted beforehand and the principle of the bicommunal federation had been accepted. He did not rule out speaking to his close collaborators the possibility after this fact to fall victim to assassination so that there is no possibility of maneuvers or alteration of these positions. Perhaps because they wanted this line, but no longer the one who drew it and who linked it to many others in order to maintain the unitary character of Cyprus and the territorial and political unity of the state".

The great martyr Makarios, the newspaper writes, rests on his throne. And perhaps all this is not of the hour. But the facts must be said and the people must know. What happened since the experts expressed such implications their elements must be deposited.

An official announcement issued the same day after stating that the publication was baseless added that the case was referred to the Attorney General for the study of taking the necessary legal measures against the newspaper.

Two days later Apogevmatini published under the title "the implications" the following comment.

"The "A" published an impressive information but not with the intention of impressing. With fear even and awe it did it. Because it concerned the name for which the newspaper gave everything and in whose memory it will always kneel.

In the listing of the information we emphasized that we do not adopt any implication because there are implications and these were not expressed by random people but by high-ranking personalities and relatives of Makarios.

We did not want because it was not our purpose to touch any of our doctors who did what was humanly possible for the salvation of the Ethnarch. On the contrary even.

There are really some elements that put in some thoughts. Not if the Ethnarch died of a heart attack but from what he was pushed into it.

After the request of those who think that there is approximately around the issue and for reasons that are not of the present the "A" does not give continuation for the time being".

What exactly intervened is unknown but silence ensued.

Shortly after, however, things changed. The same newspaper gave new information but on a different basis.

On March 4, 1978 Apogevmatini with a seven-column title and a two-column photo of Makarios wrote "Revelation from Makarios' personal archive. Bomb letter. Your Beatitude has been decided to exterminate you with poisoning. Signed complaint before death is now investigated".

And added:

"Ethnarch Makarios had been warned before his death in a clear way that there was a conspiracy in progress targeting his life and that some people named in a document ended up in a specific plan to exterminate him.

These shocking facts come to light for the first time and already concern the President of the Republic Spyros Kyprianou and the competent authorities who ordered the investigation of the evidence that exists in order to clarify the facts.

The whole issue arose when a few days ago the drawers of the Ethnarch's private office were opened in which were found important and highly confidential documents and tapes from his personal archive, which Makarios kept in every way.

The folder with the documents for the existence of which the news was published last week was opened in the presence of Spyros Kyprianou and Archbishop Chrysostomos.

Among the documents that reveal unknown aspects of various backstages of the Cyprus issue and that will bring many to light when published is included a bomb letter.

It is a signed letter with which the Ethnarch was warned that there was a conspiratorial plan against his life in progress and that specific persons decided on a certain way to exterminate him with poisoning.

These persons are named in the bomb document which gives dimensions to the case. In the same letter various elements are revealed which the late leader did not have time to investigate and which may be related to his death".

And in this issue no continuation was given with the Attorney General ordering a relevant investigation and interrogations, which however, also, never took place.

**The doctor's version**

However, doctor Panos Stavrinou who performed the autopsy on Makarios' body gave another version.

As he himself said some years later the autopsy on Makarios' body was performed by himself in the presence of doctor Lyssaridis and doctor Kalpian. This was done the same day on the bed where Makarios died.

Doctor Stavrinou justified the decision to perform the autopsy outside with primitive and unacceptable autopsy procedures in the intervention of various directors of Makarios' close environment.

The result of this procedure was that no official autopsy report was recorded.

Makarios' heart after being removed was transferred by Panos Stavrinou himself to London for further examinations. Stavrinou describes the procedure:

"Makarios' heart showed hypertrophy and its weight was estimated at about 450 to 480 grams. I removed the heart from the body and personally transported it to London for further examinations following instructions from the then Government Spokesman Miltiadis Christodoulou. Nothing different was found by the English and returning I proceeded to embalm it and delivered it for safekeeping to the Archbishopric where it remained until 2010".

After its continuous natural wear and on the initiative of Archbishop Chrysostomos II Makarios' heart was placed in 2010 in his grave at the Throne of the Panagia of Kykkos.

Kostis Kokkinophas Center for Studies of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos THE ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS MAKARIOS III (1913-1977) AND THE HOLY MONASTERY OF KYKKOS The secular Michael, as was the lay name of the later first President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960-1977) and Archbishop of Cyprus (1950-1977) Makarios III, was born on August 13, 1913 in the village of Panagia of Paphos1 . His parents were named Christodoulos Mouskos (†1967)2 and Eleni Athanasiou (†1924) and, apart from Makarios, they had two other children, his six and ten years younger, Iakovos (Giakoumi) and Maria. However, in April 1924, the mother passed away, so the father, in order to cope with the care of the children, remarried, Anastasia Marasinou, with whom he had, in 1927, another boy, Georgios. Many years later, Makarios described in an interview his relationship with her, the difficulties he had in accepting her, and the kind way in which she won his love. He also referred to the traumatic experience from the death of his mother, which defined his life. He added that for some time he moved to his grandmother's house, but then lived with his family3 . 1. Panagia was inhabited, in 1911, by 574 inhabitants, most of whom were engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. See Government of Cyprus, Report on the Census of Cyprus, 1911, London 1912, p. 51 (for the census); "Panagia (Pano)", Great Cypriot Encyclopedia, vol. 14, Nicosia 2011-2012, p. 367- 370 (for its history and social structure). 2. "† Christodoulos Mouskos", Apostle Barnabas 28(1967)64. 3. See Oriana Fallaci, Meeting with History, Athens 1976, p. 536-537 (where Makarios' interview); Georgiou Mouskou, Makarios as I lived him, Nicosia 1984, p. 15-32 (where recording of his personal testimonies); "Archbishop Makarios III speaks about himself" in the volume: Andrea Mitsidi (ed.), Complete Works of Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios III. Ecclesiastical - Social, vol. B', Foundation of Archbishop Makarios III, Nicosia 1998, p. 631-640 (where his autobiographical text). 2 Makarios' parents owned a residence in the center of the village and were engaged in animal husbandry. For this purpose they had in the location "Ylakas", in a forest that the father had bought from the Forestry Department, a winter pen, where the young Michael used to spend the night and help his father in grazing the animals and other related works. It should be noted that the family also had a second pen, the so-called summer one, in the location "Emnes", in the northeast of the village, in an area rented from the Forestry Department. Makarios graduated from Panagia Primary School, in June 1926, having distinguished himself for his performance. However, despite the urging of his teacher, Neoklis Karaolis (1885-1961), a former novice of Kykkos Monastery4 , his father, due to his limited financial resources and the general conditions of the time, was unable to send him for high school studies. He himself, tied to the land and the traditions of his place, devoid of any school education, like his wife, reacted to this possibility and wanted his son as a helper and supporter in his daily occupations. The teacher, however, insisted and managed to convince him, that by entering Kykkos Monastery he could be educated, so he consulted with his old fellow monks in the Monastery the inclusion of his young student in the novices. He knew anyway the expressed desire of Makarios, who, influenced by the ecclesiastical life in the nearby Monastery of Panagia Chrysorrogiatissa, foresaw that his possible admission to Kykkos Monastery would provide him with the opportunity for broader education5 . This fact was anyway common in the monastic life of older times, and many children, especially from rural communities, resorted to the large Monasteries, seeking opportunities for education and social and ecclesiastical advancement. 4. Karaolis came from Kalopanagiotis and was married in Milikouri. His photo, with novice clothes of Kykkos Monastery and a short biographical note, were published by Andro Pavlidis, Makarios, Nicosia 2 1981, p. 19. 5. As he mentioned to O. Fallaci, Meeting with History, op.cit., p. 536, "it was a way to escape from the sheep and poverty". 3 Finally, the relevant request was accepted by the Kykkotes monks and Makarios, at the age of just thirteen, together with his father and his classmate in the Primary School of Panagia, later married priest of the cathedral church of Saint John Nicosia Fr. Antonios Erotokritou (born in 1912), went to Kykkos Monastery, on September 7, 1926. As the latter narrated later, Makarios had no shoes, so his father borrowed from a friend, so that his son would not go barefoot to the Monastery. There they met Abbot Kleopas (1911-1937)6 and their teacher, who also provided the appropriate testimony for their ethos and love of learning7 . Then the two young men returned to Panagia, from where Makarios returned to the Monastery, on October 1 of the same year, accompanied by his father, who handed him over to the Brotherhood with the advice "to be obedient and to study"8 . The later Archbishop was of course familiar with ecclesiastical life, since from a young age he used to help in the performance of the divine liturgy, in the church of Saint George of his birthplace, his priest uncle, Fr. Polykarpos9 . However, he had to face great difficulties, until he adapted to the very different environment of the Monastery, away from the safety of his family. A month later, Fr. Antonios also came to Kykkos Monastery, with whom Makarios shared the same cell for as long as they remained in the Central Monastery, but also later in the Metochi of Saint Prokopios10. As Fr. Antonios mentioned, the character of the later Archbishop had begun to form from this period, since he always responded with willingness, politeness and seriousness to the various ministries assigned to him. Living in the quiet monastic environment of Byzantine splendor and adherence to Greek Orthodox ideals, Makarios gradually formed his political and social ideology. At the same time with the broader ecclesiastical education, he had the opportunity to attend the classes of the first high school classes at the Greek School of the Monastery, which operated especially for the novices. He was also given the opportunity to study various books, ecclesiastical and of secular education, kept in its rich library and which contributed to his handling of the Greek language with ease from very early on and to formulate his thought with brief and clear speech. Later he evolved into an excellent handler of the modern Greek language, and with the appropriate choice of words and the harmony of expression he conveyed with accuracy his theological and political messages. Unique witnesses of this ease of his in the use of the Greek language are his written remains, which in our days have been collected and published in twenty voluminous volumes11. The rest of the time, the young novice was engaged in agricultural work in the vineyards maintained by the Monastery, and serving in various ministries, such as preparing beverages for the members of the Brotherhood. He also served as servant to the Overseer (1920-1922, 1926-1937) and later President of the Administrative Council (1937-1948) and Abbot of the Monastery (1948-1979) Chrysostomos, since, according to the customs of the time, each of the young novices had to minister to one of the older monks. Chrysostomos also directed the Greek School of Kykkos, at the time Makarios attended it, and taught some of its courses12. Another teacher of Makarios was Hieromonk Meletios (†1957) from Korakou, whom the later Archbishop deeply appreciated for the help he offered him in the first years of his monastic life. He expressed this appreciation in practice, when several years later he visited the Monastery, as Metropolitan of Kition now, and Meletios hurried to meet him, so he caught up and kissed the hand of his old teacher, thus underlining his unfeigned respect13. Also, among his known teachers was Hieromonk Gerasimos (†1934) from Kampos14, as well as, during the school year 1927-28, the later Metropolitan of Kyrenia (1948-1973) Kyprianos from Kakopetria, who had been a novice of the Monastery and was a graduate, in 1927, of the Pancyprian Gymnasium. In June 1928, however, he received a scholarship from the bequest of Archbishop Kyrillos II, for studies at the Theological School of Athens, so he was ordained deacon and undertook the commitment to serve, after his graduation, in the Archbishopric of the island, a fact that contributed to his connection with the archiepiscopal environment ever since15. Makarios remained in the Monastery until September 1933, when, based on its Regulations of operation, he could be sent for studies to the Pancyprian Gymnasium, since he had completed six years as a novice16. According to the parish priest of Panagia Fr. Georgios Nathanael (born in 1918), who joined the novices in 1930, the Hegoumenos Council decided to send Makarios for studies, after the gymnast Diagoras Nikolaidis visited the Monastery. That day, the novices were attending the geography lesson, so Nikolaidis told them that he arrived at Kykkos "by sea" and asked them to explain to him the way he had gone to the Monastery. The question caused great surprise, since, due to the central position of the Monastery in the topography of Cyprus, there was no logical reasoning to support their answer. The solution was then given by Makarios, who asked Nikolaidis to write the question on the board, so it was found that he had arrived at the Monastery "through Athalassis", i.e. via the homonymous area of Nicosia17. At the Pancyprian Gymnasium, Makarios was admitted, together with Fr. Antonios Erotokritou, in the fourth class, after examinations. He was then 20 years old, i.e. about five years older than his classmates, who remembered him for his broad views and the dialectical method he used with the presentation of a series of arguments18. During this period 16. Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Regulations of the Holy Royal and Stavropegic Monastery of Kykkos, Nicosia 1919, p. 26. 17. See Vasou Mathiopoulou, "The infallible", Ta Nea (Athens), 16.8.1977, where the relevant testimony of Fr. Georgios is recorded, for whom see Chr. Laouri et al., Panagia, Komi Pafos, Nicosia 1969, p. 46-47. Photos of Makarios from his stay, during this period, at Kykkos Monastery were published by Leonida Karagianni, "By the grace of God. Makarios, Archbishop of New Justiniana and all Cyprus", Times of Cyprus 9(1957)6-7; G. Mouskou, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 12, 27, 29; Pano Myrtioti, Makarios, from the village Panagia to the throne of Barnabas, Nicosia 1976, p. 29, 33, 35; N. Nearchou, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 401; A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. B', op.cit., p. 640, and others. 18. For this period of Makarios' life see Chr. Giapana, "With Makarios at the Pancyprian Gymnasium", Haravgi, 5.8.1977; A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 45-50. From the same period a number of his photos were published by L. Karagianni, "Makarios", op.cit., p. 6-7; P.N. Vanezis, Life and Leadership, London 1979, p. 24; G. Mouskou, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 30; A. Pavlidi, 7 he resided at the Metochi of Saint Prokopios, where he also engaged in various agricultural works. In the memory of the older monks a characteristic episode of his youth was preserved, when he clashed with Overseer Chrysostomos and which was a precursor to the tactic he later followed, during the exercise of his political duties: "he stretched the rope, as far as it pulled, and retreated at the last moment, if he deemed it right". Specifically, when his attendance at the Pancyprian Gymnasium would start, as was done until then with the rest of the novices, Makarios had to grow a beard and wear a cassock. To the great surprise, however, of the Overseer, Makarios announced that he would continue to shave, a fact that provoked his anger, resulting in a clash with him. However, the young novice did not back down, so the Overseer announced to him that, if he insisted on his decision, he had to prepare his things and leave the Monastery. Makarios of course had no intention of leaving, but pretended that he was indeed preparing, so the Overseer, who did not desire this development, backing down, provoked a new discussion, with the final outcome agreeing to grow a beard, but to trim it. In later time, however, he let them grow19. From the years of his high school studies a prank is also known, attributed to the "playful" Makarios, related to Hieromonk Porphyrios (†1945) from Galata20, who tormented the about ten novices with his behavior. Then one of them published in the newspaper "Neos Kypriakos Fylax", in April 1936, the obituary of Porphyrios, which, as was expected, caused uproar among his relatives and friends, who rushed to the Monastery, for Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 50; Kimona Charalambidi, Those who built yesterday, Limassol 2000, p. 191, and others. 19. The incident was described to O. Fallaci, Meeting with History, op.cit., p. 537-538. However, it was also published by other authors. Indicatively see G. Mouskou, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 30-31. 20. For Porphyrios see K. Kokkinophas, The Monastery of Kykkos (1912-1920), op.cit., p. 86; Idem, The Monastery of Kykkos (1921-1930), op.cit., p. 78; Idem, The Monastery of Kykkos (1931), op.cit., p. 71. 8 to attend the funeral. There, however, they found the Kykkotes Hieromonk sitting carefree in the courtyard, resulting in the search, in vain, for the perpetrator of the publication, since there was no evidence incriminating any of the novices21. During this period Makarios was interested in the collection and study of folk songs and traditions of the place, as we can infer from his relevant texts. The first of them concerns the recording of a folk song about the history of Kykkos Monastery, published, in 1934, by Glafkos Christis in the magazine "Kypriaka Chronika"22, without, however, mentioning anything about the recorder, whose name was revealed much later, with the publication of Christis' autobiographical notes23. A second folk song entitled "The partridge" was recited to the folklorist Pavlos Xiouta, who published it in the magazine "Paphos", in 193624. Also, a text of his was published under the name "Michail Kykkotis", in November 1935, in the magazine "Kypriaka Grammata", and concerns the folklore of the fig tree25. During the same period he also wrote a number of poems and some prose, which he published under a pseudonym in the Cypriot press and to this day remain untreasured26. Makarios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium, under Gymnasiaarchia (1934-36) Ioannis Katsourou , with the name Michail Christodoulou Kykkotis and grade 9.14 "very good", in 1936. The same year two more Kykkotes novices completed their studies, the aforementioned childhood friend Antonios Erotokritou and Antonios Georgiou27. He then returned to the Monastery, where he was assigned the ministry of director of Kykkos School and secretary of the Hegoumenos Council28. Meanwhile, in February 1937, the crisis in the relations of the Monastery with the Holy Synod, which had been simmering since 1931, ended, so, with the submission 21. See V. Mathiopoulou, "The infallible", Ta Nea (Athens), 16.8.1977, where based on a relevant testimony of Georgios Mouskos, the incident is published and it is wrongly mentioned that the deceased was Hieromonk Methodios (†1950) from Galata. For the obituary and the denial of Porphyrios' death see "Mourning", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 19.4.1936; "Malicious letter writer", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 21.4.1936. 22. Glafkou Christis, "Two Cypriot traditions for Panagia of Kykkos", Kypriaka Chronika 11(1934)209 [issue no. 3, Jul.- Sept. 1934]. For Makarios' writing work, when he was still a Kykkotes monk, see Kosti Kokkinophas, "The youthful writing work of Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios III", Mikrofilologika 22(2007)48-52. 23. Glafkou Christis, Various writing crumbs, Nicosia 2003, p. 135. 24. Pavlou Xiouta, "The Partridge", Paphos 1(1935-36)210 [issue no. 7, March 1936]. 25. Michail Kykkoti, "For the “sytzia”", Kypriaka Grammata 2(1935-36)105-106 [issue no. 26, November 1935]. 9 a number of poems and some prose, which he published under a pseudonym in the Cypriot press and to this day remain untreasured26. The testimony is given by himself in the film "Makarios, the great march", where he wrote and narrated the aforementioned text with his biographical data, which was published by A. Mitsidis, Complete Works, vol. B', op.cit., p. 631-640. This film, lasting 130 minutes, was shot in 1977 produced and directed by Evangelos Ioannidis, music by Mikis Theodorakis and narration by Manos Katrakis and Makarios himself. See Andreas Stylianou, "A film by Evangelos Ioannidis. “Makarios: the great march”. From the childhood years of the Ethnarch to his death", Haravgi, 14.8.1977; Kosta Gennari, "Makarios essentially wrote the script for a film about his fighting life. The new production by Evangelos Ioannidis", Phileleftheros, 2.10.1977. 27. Pancyprian Gymnasium, Commemorative Album on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Pancyprian Gymnasium 1893-1943, Nicosia 1944, p. 122. For his graduation grade see A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 49. 28. See Giorgos Liani, "Studies in Athens and Boston", Ta Nea (Athens), 17.8.1977, where the testimony of Fr. Antonios Erotokritou is recorded. In Makarios' biographical notes, as for example in the "Biographical Note", Apostle Barnabas 11(1950)368, it is mentioned that he served as director of Kykkos School, a title, however, held by the then Overseer and later Abbot Chrysostomos, who was a graduate of Theological School, unlike Makarios, who had only high school education. See the unnumbered page short biography of the latter, prefixed to the texts, in the volume: Abbot of Kykkos Chrysostomos, The Holy Royal and Stavropegic Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus 1969. 10 resignation on the part of Abbot Kleopas, the pressure measure imposed on the Brotherhood with the refusal of the Bishops to ordain new Kykkotes monks to Hierodeacons and Hieromonks was also lifted29. However, a year and a half passed before new ordinations were performed, which were held in the cathedral church of Saint Theodoros Paphos by the Metropolitan of Paphos (1930-1947) Leontios, on August 6 and 7, 1938. Among them was Makarios, who was ordained on the 7th of the month, when he also received his ecclesiastical name30. The rest of the Kykkotes monks, ordained by Leontios, were Kallinikos to Hieromonk and Stelios to Hierodeacon, who was renamed Gerasimos, as well as Nikandros to Hieromonk, on the 6th and 7th of the month, respectively31. A month later, the Hegoumenos Council decided to grant a scholarship to the young Hierodeacon for studies at the Theological School of the University of Athens. As his fellow monk Fr. Antonios Erotokritou remembers, during his departure, in September 1938, Makarios took with him, apart from his religious books, editions related to Aristotle, Plato, Goethe and Hugo, a fact that reflects the breadth of his interests. The Monastery initially covered the expenses for the first years of his studies and the later Archbishop devoted himself undisturbed to study. In the meantime, however, World War II broke out, so Cyprus was cut off from Greece. Makarios initially attempted, just before the entry of the Germans into Athens, to return to his homeland by ship, which was in Piraeus and would depart for the island. He did not manage to arrive in time, however, a fact that proved salvific for his life, since the ship was hit by German planes and sank, without anyone from the passengers being saved32. During this period the later Archbishop remained in Greece and lived, together with the Greek people, the hardships of foreign occupation. For a long period he was deprived even of the necessary food for his maintenance, a fact that made his body vulnerable, resulting in him getting sick at times33. He was also in danger of arrest by the Italians and imprisonment in a concentration camp or deportation, as a British subject. However, the Archbishop of Greece (1941-1949) Damaskinos intervened, who succeeded, so that Makarios remained in Athens, with the obligation to appear once a week at the special department for "foreigners"34. In the meantime he managed and secured a relevant permit from the Archbishopric of Athens, dated March 27, 1941, to serve at the church of Agia Irini on Aiolou Street35, while, from 1943, he also began to work at the high school - tutorial of the cantor of the church of Agia Irini, Nikolaos Philippas, which was at the Megaro Emporoypallelon, on Mitropoleos Street, where he taught religious studies and modern Greek36. In this way, in those difficult 29. For this crisis and its effects on the life of the Monastery see K. Kokkinophas, The Monastery of Kykkos (1931), op.cit., p. 18-42. 30. His ordination was noted in the Monastery's Monachologion, where however, it is mentioned that it took place in July, instead of August 1938: "7.7.38. The Novice Michael was ordained to Hierodeacon by the Metropolitan of Paphos Leontios renamed Makarios". See Archive of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Monachologion, p. 34. (The Monachologion is unnumbered pages. The numbering is ours). In his biographical notes it is mentioned, wrongly, that he was ordained at the cathedral church of Saint John in Nicosia, instead of at the church of Saint Theodoros in Paphos, as attested in the press of the time. See Eleftheria, 4.8.1938, 25.8.1938. It should be noted that a photo from his ordination was published by G. Mouskos, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 32, as well as by others. 31. Archive of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Monachologion, p. 34. 11 years, to secure a small, but stable income, a fact that allowed him to survive. One of his most traumatic experiences was his visit to the Shooting Range of Kaisariani, on May Day 1944, to find, among the two hundred executed by the Germans, the body of the son of the elder protopriest of Agia Irini, where he served. As the president of the Panhellenic Union of War Disabled Public Servants Panagiotis Mallias narrated later, the young Hierodeacon, visibly shocked, stood speechless in front of the sight of the dead, praying not to experience such a tragedy again37. Makarios, despite the many problems he faced, due to the harsh conditions of the German occupation, managed to complete his studies at the Theological School, from which he graduated with honors in 1942. He then enrolled in the Law School, where he attended classes for about two years38. He decided, after the liberation, to continue his studies in America and to follow an academic career. For this reason, after a short visit in October 194539 to Cyprus, he returned to Greece, where on January 13, 1946 he was ordained presbyter and promoted to Archimandrite at the church of Agia Irini, by the Metropolitan of Argyrokastro Panteleimon40. He was then appointed by the Archbishopric 37. "Snapshots from the life of the Ethnarch", Anexartitos, 8.8.1977; A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 65-66. 38. See testimony of Makarios himself, as published by A. Mitsidis, Complete Works, vol. B', op.cit., p. 634. 39. See Voice of Cyprus, 27.10.1945; "New Theologian", Elpis 3(1945)21 [issue no. 25, Sept. (sic) 1945]. 40. In the Monastery's Monachologion it is mentioned, wrongly, as the date of Makarios' ordination February 24, 1946, perhaps because then the relevant information arrived at the Brotherhood: "24.2.946. Makarios Hierodeacon was ordained to Hieromonk in Athens by the Metropolitan of Argyrokastro Panteleimon". See Archive of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Monachologion, p. 35. Photos from his ordination to 13 Athens as hieratic head and preacher at the church of Agia Paraskevi Kallipoleos, in Piraeus41. From this period two texts of his are known: his speech during his ordination to Hieromonk and his hand-laying to Archimandrite, and his article "Christianity and social problems", which he published in an Athenian magazine in 1946. In the first of these he expressed his thoughts on his new ecclesiastical ministry and formulated his thanks to the fathers of Kykkos Monastery, his parents and to those who supported him spiritually in his course42. In the second he comments on the social role of Christianity and emphasizes its contribution to the elimination of social inequality and to the moralization of man. He also refers to the basic principles of the so-called Christian socialist parties, noting that several of them misinterpreted Christianity, which was taken as a simple socio-economic movement43. Subsequently, with the help of his professor at the University of Athens Amilkas Alivizatos44, he secured a scholarship, after a competition, from the World Council of Churches for studies in sociology of religion at Boston University and departed, in September 1946, for the presbyter published by G. Mouskos, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 35; A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 69, as well as by others. 41. "Biographical Note", op.cit., p. 368. Later, Makarios, when he made, as Metropolitan of Kition, his first visit to Athens, hurried to perform, on September 24, 1949, the divine liturgy at this church. See "Chronika", Apostle Barnabas 10(1949)407. 42. A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 11-13. 43. It was first published in the Athens magazine Lychnia 1(1946)41, 53, and republished by A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 43-46. 44. A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 71-72. To Alivizatos, Makarios expressed his pleasure, in 1958, by writing the prologue to a volume honoring him, with his speech during the presentation of the volume and with a relevant letter of his. See A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 57, vol. B', op.cit., p. 129-130, 193-194. 14 America45. His journey was adventurous, and caused him great hardship, since the ship he boarded carried coal and at short intervals stopped at the major ports of the area, such as Smyrna and cities of Italy, resulting in a duration of about fifty days46. In America Makarios settled in Wellington of Philadelphia47 and attended a special School to learn the English language. Then, in January 1947, he went to Boston, where he began to attend his classes, which would last for about three years, but then extended them to five. As mentioned, the first period of his stay in America, he faced many difficulties, especially regarding the issue of financial survival, since there were problems in the timely receipt of his scholarship money. At a later stage, however, he was called to serve at the orthodox church of the city, where he received some compensation, resulting in the improvement of his living conditions48. According to his professors, the later Archbishop was a model student, who always attended the teaching of the courses with attention49. Meanwhile, during the second year of his studies, an electoral assembly was convened in Cyprus with the aim of filling the metropolitan thrones of Paphos and Kition. The post-war climate of the time, however, had an impact on the ecclesiastical space as well, resulting in the elections having a political color, with 45. "Biographical Note", op.cit. p. 368, where other information about his life is also given. Also see A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 73. 46. See Ph. Le Geyt, Makarios in exile, Nicosia 1961, p. 91-92; A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 75-76. In this journey he also refers in his letter, dated February 12, 1947, to Miltiadis Oikonomopoulos. See Kyprou Chrysanthi, "Seven handwritten letters of Ethnarch Makarios III", Pnevmatiki Kypros (207-208)(1977)67. 47. Ph. Le Geyt, Makarios in exile, op.cit., p. 92. 48. O. Fallaci, Meeting with History, op.cit., p. 538; G. Mouskou, Makarios as I lived him, op.cit., p. 37. 49. Emil Lengyel, From Prison to Power, Chicago 1964, p. 236. 15 the right promoting, as candidate for the metropolitan throne of Paphos, the former Abbot of Kykkos Kleopas and the left Makarios50. It should be noted that an important role in promoting Makarios' candidacy was played by doctor Miltiadis Oikonomopoulos, first cousin of his father, who studied in Athens, where he connected with Makarios, and lived together the hardships of the German occupation51. The later Archbishop, however, when he learned about Kleopas' candidacy, refused, with a telegram and letter to Oikonomopoulos, to accept it, out of respect for his former Abbot52. As can also be seen from another letter of his to Oikonomopoulos, in December 1947, Makarios did not want to be promoted as a candidate of any faction, since he considered it unacceptable for an ecclesiastical man53. However, the elections for filling the throne were held and Makarios, despite his clear statement that he was not interested, won a majority in special representatives of Kleopas. However, the death of Archbishop Leontios, in July 1947, just 36 days after his election, annulled the procedure, which was repeated in 1948. This time Makarios was promoted by 50. Indicatively, for the candidacies of Kleopas and Makarios, see Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 3.7.1947 and Paphos, 3.7.1947, respectively. 51. For Oikonomopoulos' role see A. Pavlidi, Makarios, vol. A', op.cit., p. 65; A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 85-88. It is noteworthy that the seven letters and the telegram, sent by Makarios during this period to Oikonomopoulos, were quoted for the first time by K. Chrysanthi, "Seven handwritten letters", op.cit., p. 67-86. These letters were subsequently published by various authors. Indicatively see N. Nearchou, Complete Works, vol. IH', op.cit., p. 480-502. 52. See K. Chrysanthi, "Seven handwritten letters", op.cit., p. 79-80 (the letter) and 87 (the telegram). Also see "Makarios resigned his candidacy for the metropolitan throne of Paphos", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 11.7.1948. 53. See K. Chrysanthi, "Seven handwritten letters", op.cit., p. 81-82, where Makarios' relevant letter is quoted. 16 the right, as candidate for the metropolitan throne of Kition54, while the left supported the Sinaitic Archimandrite Andronikos Vryonidis (†1951) from Statos of Paphos55, who also had the support of the Greek associations of Egypt. Vryonidis initially won a majority in the popular votes, in the final election, however, which was held on April 8, 1948, Makarios prevailed over his opponent and was elected Metropolitan of Kition, since he secured the most votes of the official members of the assembly56. According to Makarios' testimony, a decisive role in promoting his candidacy was played by the then secretary of SEK Michail Pissas (1921-2010)57. The latter referred later to his involvement in the elections, noting that he initially promoted Makarios' candidacy for the metropolitan throne of Paphos and that later, after the cancellation of the elections, due to Leontios' death, he took care to transfer it to the metropolitan district of Kition58. However, this testimony, at least as far as 54. Indicatively see "Who are the candidate Metropolitans of the National-minded Faction", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 16.1.1948; "The Front of the National-minded is United. Makarios Kykkotis will be supported with fanaticism by all National-minded without exception as Metropolitan of Kition", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 23.1.1948. 55. For Archimandrite Andronikos Vryonidis see Kosti Kokkinophas, "The Cypriot monks of Sinai Archbishop Makarios (1545-1547) and Archimandrite Andronikos Vryonidis (1885-1951)", Apostle Barnabas 58(1997)111-120; Aristidi Koudouna, Biographical Lexicon of Cypriots 1800-1920, Nicosia 6 2010, p. 78-79. 56. "Makarios Kykkotis was elected Metropolitan of Kition by 28 votes to 19", Neos Kypriakos Fylax, 9.4.1948. "Election of Metropolitan of Kition", Apostle Barnabas 9(1948)43-46. Also see A. Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. A', op.cit., p. 90-91. 57. See Gianni Goudeli, Travels and Thoughts. Cyprus, Athens 1975, p. 35, where he refers to a conversation with Makarios, in the presence of Pissa. 58. Kleitou Ioannidi, Faces and Ideas, vol. H', Nicosia 2010, p. 158. In any case, however, Pissas supported Makarios' election for the metropolitan throne of Kition, since he was among the speakers of the various 17 elections for the metropolitan throne of Paphos, may not accurately render the events, since Pissas represented the right-wing labor union, while it is known that Makarios was supported by the left, to which his relative Polyneikis Charalambous, owner of the hotel "Aloi"59, had promoted his candidacy. After the announcement of the election results, the later Archbishop faced the dilemma of interrupting his studies and dedicating himself to the struggles of the Cypriot people, or continuing them, resulting in a promising academic career60. He finally chose the first and returned on June 9, 1948 to Cyprus61, where on the 13th of the same month, he was ordained Metropolitan of Kition by the Archbishop of Cyprus (1947-1950) Makarios II62. In his enthronement speech he expressed once again his warm thanks to the Brotherhood of Kykkos Monastery, for the ecclesiastical support it offered him, and its care for his spiritual training63. Despite the fact that he was now called to serve the Church of Cyprus from another sector, Makarios did not detach himself from Kykkos Monastery, but maintained close ties with its Brotherhood, which provided him with continuous support in the turbulent years that followed64. Initially, with his installation at the Metropolis of Kition, Makarios secured, with the approval of Abbot Chrysostomos, the services of the Kykkotes Hieromonk Kallinikos (†1970) from Pentalia, who later followed him to the Archbishopric, and served as its steward, until the end of his life65. He also collaborated closely with Abbot Chrysostomos for the resolution of the issue of the education of the clergy, after the Brotherhood's decision, in March 1949, to undertake the expense for the erection and equipment of the building of the Hierarchical School under foundation, on land of the Monastery, near the Metochi "Agios Prokopios", which operated on January 11 of the following year66. Makarios expressed many times afterwards, such as with his speeches in the years 1951, 1955, 1959, 196067, and with a letter to Abbot Chrysostomos, in March 195268, his warm thanks to Kykkos Monastery for its substantial help in the operation of the School. In the Metochi of Agios Prokopios he also organized from time to time, as Archbishop now, with the cooperation of Abbot Chrysostomos, Hierarchical Conferences for the training of the clergy, such as in the years 1951, 1953, 1955, 1960 and 196669. In the framework of their close cooperation, Makarios and Chrysostomos visited at the end of September - beginning of October 1949 Constantinople, for consultations on issues of broader ecclesiastical interest, with the Ecumenical Patriarch (1948-1972) Athenagoras70. Their cooperation was further strengthened, after Makarios' election, on October 20, 1950, to the archiepiscopal throne71, when he became head of the Ethnarchic Church and the struggles of the people for the termination of colonialism. It culminated, during the period of the National Liberation Struggle of EOKA (1955-59), when the Monastery supported Makarios' decision for dynamic claim of the unification demand and financed the preparation and conduct of it72. During this period, Kykkos Monastery provided shelter to about 35 guerrillas, both inside its building complex, and in the 15 hideouts, built in adjacent locations. Among the guerrillas, who were supplied and facilitated in their movements, were the leader of EOKA Georgios Grivas - Digenis and the heroes Charalambos Mouskos and Markos Drakos, a fact that made the area the center of the Struggle73. In the premises of the Monastery also took place the meeting of Makarios - Georgios Grivas Digenis, in January 1956, where the course of the Struggle and its next goals were discussed. Makarios considered it good to cover his visit there with the ordinations of the monks Kyrillos to Hieromonk and Ieronymos to Hierodeacon, which he performed at the Monastery, 70. "Chronika", Apostle Barnabas 10(1949)407. 71. "Makarios III. Those before the election. Those during the election. Those during the enthronement", Apostle Barnabas 11(1950)347-367. His election to the archiepiscopal throne was noted in the Monastery's Monachologion, where however, it is mentioned that it took place on November 20 instead of October 20, 1950: "20.11.950. The from Kition Makarios III was elected Archbishop". See Archive of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Monachologion, p. 37. 72. Kleitou Ioannidi, The Contribution of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos to the National Liberation Struggle of 1955-1959, vol. A', Nicosia 2003, p. 111-112, 200-202. 73. Georgiou Griva Digeni, Chronicle of Struggle 1955-1959, Nicosia 2 1997, p. 594- 623; Abbot Chrysostomou, The Monastery of Kykkos, op.cit., p. 86; Spyrou Papageorgiou, Cypriot Storm 1955-1959, Nicosia 1977, p. 412-459, 500- 514; Kl. Ioannidi, The Contribution, vol. A', op.cit., p. 336. 20 immediately after his arrival. Also, several Kykkotes monks joined EOKA, who offered valuable services, mainly in the supply and movements of the guerrillas. Among them was Abbot Chrysostomos, who was initiated by Makarios and was responsible for the financial support of the Struggle and the financial support of the families of the guerrillas and the arrested74. For this contribution of Kykkos Monastery, Makarios made a special reference in his speech, on August 15, 1959, the day of the celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos, when he officiated and preached at its katholikon75. Abbot Chrysostomos also participated in the mission of the Cypriots, who were called to the English capital, to participate in the ratification of the unfair Zurich - London Agreements, on February 19, 1959. According to relevant testimonies, weighing the risks of partitioning the island in case the Agreements were not ratified, he urged the Cypriot Archbishop to sign them, as he did76. For his overall work, Makarios, as head of the Holy Synod, honored his spiritual father with the "Gold Medal of Apostle Barnabas", on April 11, 1971, when he delivered a warm speech for his national and social action77. Makarios sought similar support from Kykkos Monastery, both politically and ecclesiastically, after his election by the Greek Cypriot community, on December 13, 1959, as first president of the Republic of Cyprus and the official assumption of his duties, on August 16, 1960. Among the cadres of the Monastery, who assisted in his work during this period, is also his later successor to the archiepiscopal throne, Archimandrite Chrysostomos Kykkotis, whom he ordained, on April 13, 1968, to Chorepiskopos of Konstantia, and later, after the deposition by a Major and Superior Synod of the three Metropolitans of Paphos (1959-1973) Gennadios, of Kition (1951-1973) Anthimos and of Kyrenia (1948- 1973) Kyprianos, enthroned as Metropolitan of Paphos, on July 29, 197378. In the Holy Synod formed then was included Archimandrite Grigorios Kykkotis, whom Makarios ordained, on March 31, 1974, as Metropolitan of Kyrenia, so that he could be further helped in that very difficult period of ecclesiastical turmoil79. Also, significant support to Makarios was provided by Abbot Chrysostomos, such as by signing, on May 1, 1973, together with the two other Abbots of the Stavropegic Monasteries Machairas Dionysios and Agios Neophytos Chrysostomos, a relevant document denouncing the stance of the three80. Kykkos Monastery provided valuable help to the Cypriot Archbishop also in his confrontation with the military Government of Athens, 1967-1974, as well as against the illegal organization EOKA B', 1971-1974, headed by Grivas - Digenis. Also, on the day of the coup, on July 15, 1974, when his execution was sought, it provided him with shelter and subsequently an escape route to Paphos, near Metropolitan Chrysostomos, from where he left the next day, by United Nations helicopter, for the British base of Akrotiri and from there by plane initially to Malta and then, via London, to New York, where he requested the safeguarding 74. G. Griva Digeni, Chronicle of Struggle, op.cit., p. 624; Kl. Ioannidi, The Contribution, vol. A', op.cit., p. 27, 30, 34, 78, 83, 236, vol. B', op.cit., p. 782, 926; Foivos Protopapa (ed.), Register of EOKA Fighters 1955-1959, vol. C', Nicosia 2004, p. 1382. For a concise view of the contribution of Kykkos Monastery to the EOKA struggle see Kosti Kokkinophas, "The contribution of Kykkos Monastery to the national struggles", Enateniseis 6(2008)58-61. 75. See N. Nearchou, Complete Works, vol. D', op.cit., p. 66-69, where his speech is published. 76. Relevant testimonies for the incident were published by those present at the talks Angelos Vlachos, Once upon a time a diplomat, vol. D', Athens 1986, p. 466; Dimitrios Bitsios, Critical Hours, Athens n.d., p. 120-121. 77. "The Award of the Gold Medal of Apostle Barnabas to Abbot of Kykkos Chrysostomos", Apostle Barnabas 32(1971)110-111. 21 of the independence of the island81. But also later, after his return to Cyprus, Kykkos Monastery helped with significant financial and other sponsorship his effort in the work of caring and rehabilitating the thousands of refugees and in the reconstruction of the destroyed economy of the place. It should be noted that Metropolitan Chrysostomos was a close collaborator of Makarios also in his missionary work in East Africa. He accompanied him to Kenya, where he arrived on March 19, 1971 and performed mass baptisms of about 5,000 natives. Chrysostomos also attended the laying of the foundation stone for the erection of a Hierarchical School, which would contribute to the spread and expansion of Orthodoxy in Africa. He continued later the missionary work of his predecessor, taking care of the start of the operation of the School, in 1982, which took the name of its founder, Archbishop Makarios III, and since then staffs the Patriarchate of Alexandria with new clerics82. The close relationship of Archbishop Makarios with Kykkos Monastery is also evident from his decision, to be buried on a hill near the Monastery, near the location "Throni of Panagia", where in older times the miraculous icon of the Theotokos was litanied in a period of drought. He even assigned, in the summer of 1975, to architect Andreas Philippou the design of a burial monument, where his body was finally placed, a few days after his death, which occurred on August 3, 1977, after a myocardial infarction83. Since then an annual memorial is held at the Monastery and his memory is honored with grandeur. In this the current Abbot of the Monastery presides, 81. For the related to that tragic period see his personal testimony, as Makarios himself wrote it for the aforementioned film "Makarios: The great march" and published by A. Mitsidis, Complete Works, vol. B', op.cit., p. 638. 82. For Makarios' missionary work see "The Orthodox Mission in East Africa and Archbishop Makarios III", in the volume: Andrea Mitsidi, Complete Works, vol. B', op.cit., p. 543-554. 83. "The tomb of the Ethnarch. I want it to have entrance from the West and light from the East", Phileleftheros, 5.8.1977. It should be noted that Makarios suffered a myocardial infarction for the first time on April 3, 1977, while officiating at the Metochi of Agios Prokopios. See "The illness of H.M. the Archbishop", Apostle Barnabas 38(1977)106. 23 Metropolitan of Kykkos and Tillyria Nikiforos, who also delivers an appropriate speech, about the work and action of the late Archbishop84. It should also be noted, that at the end of 2008 the large-sized statue of Makarios, made by sculptor Nikolaos Kotzamanis and which was in the courtyard of the Archbishopric86, was transferred and placed in a space near his grave, which was specially shaped for this purpose by Metropolitan Nikiforos85. The unveiling of the statue was done by the president of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis, in the framework of the celebrations for the centenary of the birth of the late Ethnarch, on August 3, 2013, after the performance of an archieratic concelebration and his memorial, at the katholikon of Kykkos Monastery. Makarios was a spiritual stature of the historic Kykkos Monastery, to which he resorted at the age of just thirteen. In its environment flooded with history and Byzantine chants, he lived his first youthful years and received those necessary supplies, which contributed so that he could later lead the Cypriot people in its struggle for freedom and dignity. Also, the Monastery provided Makarios with the opportunity to attend initially the Pancyprian Gymnasium and later the Theological School of the University of Athens, while it also supported his decision for broader postgraduate studies. Finally, the Monastery was his steadfast supporter and valuable helper in his turbulent course, supporting his decisions and choices in his difficult struggle, to make Cyprus a free and prosperous country. He himself noted about Kykkos Monastery the following: "The Holy Royal and Stavropegic Monastery of Kykkos constitutes for the Greek Cypriot people not only a pious religious institution and a place of pious Christian pilgrimage, but also a broader national, spiritual and moral symbol, intertwined with long history and tradition. Sanctified by the sweet form of the Theotokos, surrounded by Byzantine imperial protection and strengthened by the privileges of the Byzantine rulers - governors of Cyprus, Kykkos Monastery was the holy ark, within which was preserved the according to tradition hand-painted by Apostle Luke miraculous icon of the Theotokos, at the same time a nursery within which deep piety was cultivated, and a spiritual hearth, from which shone the cheerful light of the indestructible religious and national faith of Cypriot Hellenism. Under the roof of the Holy Monastery lived a host of enlightened fathers and teachers, who through their work continued and composed the history and tradition of the Monastery and preserved within it unquenchable the religious and national flame of the enslaved Greek Cypriot people. From Kykkos Monastery came bishops and archbishops, who worthily ministered the Church and the Homeland. With the help of this Monastery national struggles for freedom were also conducted"87. Published in the Theological Yearbook of the Holy Metropolis of Kykkos and Tillyria "Enateniseis", issue 20 (Nicosia 2013), p. 112-127. 87. See the unnumbered page handwritten greeting of Makarios, prefixed to the texts, in the volume: Abbot Chrysostomou, The Monastery of Kykkos, op.cit.

**The invasion of Cyprus and Kissinger's role**

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The invasion of Cyprus and Kissinger's role

By Tasos Kontogiannidis

47 years have passed, almost half a century, since the Turkish invasion and the partition of Cyprus in 1974 and the big ones -including the UN- continue to be indifferent to solving the problem. It was designed by the nightmare of Hellenism, the American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and -with his support- executed by the Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, with the tolerance of the wretched dictator Dimitrios Ioannidis.

The information that was given, which was buried in the "cobwebbed shelves of memory" of some people, confirms that Kissinger's plan for Cyprus, from the partition of which the US expected future facilities due to its strategic position, had been put into effect in 1972!

The trap was set on the occasion of the letter of the three metropolitans of Kition, Paphos and Kyrenia, who asked for Makarios' resignation from secular power. They drafted the letter -with the urging of directed external service agents- and sent it to Georgios Papadopoulos on March 1, 1972.

**Letter from Saint Paisios about the uncanonical "deposition" of Archbishop Makarios III and the events of 1974 in Cyprus**

**The Entire Letter of the Saint**

Honorable Cross, August 11-74

My dear brother E. Rejoice.

I wrote you my pain, because it is not easy to say it anywhere, because what happened happened.

With love of Christ

Many greetings to sister E.s. and to all acquaintances.

Your brother,

M. Paisios

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Papadopoulos considered the move of the three metropolitans "very interesting, serving the national interests" (removal of Makarios and union of Cyprus with Greece). So, he convened the "Crown Council" under the presidency of Zoitakis to discuss the letter. Before the meeting, Pattakos received a personal phone call from the ambassador in London, General Sorokos, who informed him that "the British government is opposed to the overthrow of Makarios and will react if Greece yields to the request of the three metropolitans".

Pattakos considered the information very serious and asked Sorokos to come to Athens immediately. At the meeting, G. Papadopoulos, heard all opinions. Only Pattakos, Xanthopoulos-Palamás expressed strong reservations. The next day, Papadopoulos received Pattakos and Sorokos, who spoke to him about the adverse impact that such an action would have abroad. Papadopoulos was convinced and did not fall into the trap of the American secret services, which, however, Ioannidis did not avoid two years later. The one who pressured Sorokos hard to speak to Pattakos, to prevent national adventures, was ambassador Leonidas Papagos.

British Prime Minister James Callaghan, in a revealing confession in 1999 to the "Times", said: "The crisis in Cyprus in July 1974 gave me the most nightmarish moments of my political career. The British government had then sent a significant naval force and asked the US to participate with the 6th Fleet in a joint intervention operation to prevent the Turkish invasion. Kissinger not only responded negatively to our plan, but threatened with a strict veto!".

Turkey and Cyprus to prevent the landing. Kissinger was furious. "Stop being so emotional with the Greeks!", he replied. The KYP teams were notifying from Nicosia that the Turkish fleet is sailing south towards Cyprus, but Athens was reassuring: "Don't listen to what they say, the Turks will not invade, they are exercising...".

With the opening of the State Department archives, Kissinger's dirty role towards Hellenism was revealed. He "lulled" President Nixon with his supposed concerns that Makarios would turn to communism and the eastern bloc and recommended that the US stay away from Cyprus!

How slimy and cynical his behavior was towards Makarios is shown by the dialogue they had when they met in the presence of the ambassador to Cyprus William Crawford:

Kissinger: "Your Beatitude, I am very happy to welcome you to Washington. I want you to know that we have great respect for you. We feel that you are very great for your island. In fact, if you choose, you could become President or Prime Minister of Greece... Now, Your Beatitude, if you were Secretary General of the Soviet Union, that would create big problems for us, having an opponent like you. Your Beatitude, when I am with you, I really feel that I like you...".

Makarios: "Dr. Kissinger, this will last only for about five minutes after we part. Isn't it?". Kissinger's smile froze on his face...

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**Dimitrios Ioannidis**

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Dimitrios Ioannidis

Birth March 13, 1923

Athens

Death August 16, 2010

Piraeus

Burial First Cemetery of Athens

Country Greece Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg

Branch Hellenic Army HellenicArmySeal.svg

In active duty 1941 - August 24, 1974

Rank Brigadier(Inf) Army-GRE-OF-06.svg

(on June 21, 1976 he was deposed and demoted to soldier)

Units Commander of the Battalion of the 12th Division

Hellenic Force Cyprus

G.H.Q.

Commands Head of the Battalion of the Evelpidon School

Commander of E.S.A.

Battles/wars Battle of Crete

Greek Civil War (1946-1949)

Honors Five Gold Bravery Awards Greek Commander's Medal of Valour ribbon.png

Status Dictator (Junta of the Colonels)

Inmate of Korydallos prisons for the crime of high treason

Dimitrios Ioannidis (March 13, 1923 - August 16, 2010) was a Greek military officer and dictator. He played a leading role in the coup of April 21, 1967 serving during it as commander of the ESA. In November 1973 he led his own new coup overthrowing Georgios Papadopoulos and assuming the governance of the country himself, hence the nickname the "invisible dictator". Finally, seeking the overthrow of Archbishop Makarios he organized the 1974 Coup resulting in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Biographical data

He was born on March 13, 1923 in Athens and came from a relatively wealthy[1] family. As however was revealed lately he came from Romaniote Jews, from long settled in Ioannina.[2] He entered the Evelpidon School and in 1943 became second lieutenant[3]. He participated[4] in the battle of Crete and then joined[1][4] the resistance organization EOE of EDES. In 1952 he graduated from the Infantry School, in 1954 from the School of Atomic - Biological and Chemical Warfare and in 1956 from the War School.[1] In 1961 he visited West Germany in order to attend training programs for infantry units.[1] During the period 1945 - 1949 he served[1] in National Guard battalions, in the Rimini brigade and in Makronisos. In 1951 he participated[5] in the IDEA movement, of which he was a member[5] since 1945. Specifically during that movement serving D. Ioannidis at KEVOP in Chaidari, bearing the rank of captain, boarding his company in military vehicles occupied the GHQ. For that act he was prosecuted but the then government provided amnesty and reinstatement in the army of all the perjurers conspirators of the movement.[6] At the same time with the staff training in 1956 at the war school he did not cease to participate in illegal conspiratorial gatherings with intense action that were perceived by the successor of Solonos Gikas, lieutenant general P. Nikolopoulos who although the latter ordered the arrest and conviction of the conspirators finally he himself was removed by the then government to calm the army.[6]Paralikas D., Conspiracies IDEA and ASPIDA (state and parastate), Athens 1979, p.70</ref> In 1959 he was transferred to the staff of the General Staff of the Army, in 1963 he was placed in Cyprus, in 1964 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1966 he was appointed commander of the battalion of Evelpidon School.[3]

In 1956 he took over the leadership of the conspiratorial group of officers which in 1967 would carry out the coup.[1] In 1959 the leadership of the group passed to Dimitrios Pattilis but Ioannidis remained a member.[1] From the position of commander of Evelpidon school he played an important role in the imposition and consolidation of the dictatorship. After the successful overthrow of the government he was appointed head of ESA and in August 1969 he became director of the Ministry of National Defense. In 1970 he was promoted to the rank of colonel and in 1973 to brigadier.

With the appointment of Spyridon Markezinis to the position of prime minister, Georgios Papadopoulos, who in the meantime had assumed president of the Republic, tried to liberalize his regime and lead the country to elections. Ioannidis as exponent of the uncompromising "hard-core" wing of the regime, was opposed to any impending liberalization.[1] Having organized his own mechanism he had already begun to prepare the overthrow of Papadopoulos. In August 1973 he was removed from the command of ESA but after pressure he returned to his position.[1] The Polytechnic uprising in combination with the prevailing situation was the opportunity for the overthrow of Papadopoulos. So on November 25, 1973 Ioannidis head of many officers overthrew Georgios Papadopoulos and the Markezinis government, putting both (Markezinis - Papadopoulos) in restriction.

The Ioannidis regime

With the assumption of power he placed Phaedon Gizikis in the presidency of the Republic, Adamantios Androutsopoulos in the prime ministership, lieutenant general Efstathios Latsoudis in the Ministry of National Defense etc. whom the then metropolitan of Ioannina and later archbishop Seraphim swore in. The actual leader however was himself, who preferred to work at a backstage level then taking the rank of brigadier. His declared goal[4] was the absolute control of political life by the army and the proclamation of elections in 1978. His ultimate goal however was the overthrow of Archbishop Makarios, which he achieved in July 1974. This overthrow however gave the pretext[7] for Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, while he himself was reassuring[7] the Cypriots that there is no issue of invasion. On July 23 of the same year the leadership of the regime met deciding unanimously, except for Ioannidis, to hand over power to the politicians.[8] On August 2 he was placed on leave while on August 24 he was demobilized.[8] By decision of Evangelos Averoff - Tositsas he had been promoted to lieutenant general.

Subsequently based on the Constituent Act of September 3, 1974 he designated the referral of Ioannidis and the other protagonists of the Junta to the Five-Member Court of Appeals of Athens.[9] On January 15, 1975 the D' Resolution of the E' Revisionary Parliament was issued which designated the conduct of the trial of the "Aprilists" after a lawsuit by lawyers Alexandros Lykourezos and Evangelos Giannopoulos who had filed first since the previous September. The Trial finally started six months later, on July 28, Monday, in the courtroom of Korydallos women's prisons, where in the meantime the transfer of the Aprilists from Kea had taken place and lasted exactly one month, until August 29. During the trial he never once crossed eyes with G. Papadopoulos. Finally according to the decision issued, as it was subsequently converted, D. Ioannidis was sentenced to military deposition, life imprisonment for the crime of high treason and to 10 years imprisonment for the crime of sedition, as well as to life for moral instigation to homicides and total imprisonment of 25 years for moral instigation to attempted homicide for the Polytechnic uprising. He was also sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for the crime of moral instigation to union to sedition of active officers, in time of general mobilization and other lesser penalties, (i.e. on crimes provided by the MPC). Initially sentenced to death (1975), (when the death penalty was in force) but the penalty was converted to life, without requesting it himself.[10] Together with Dertilis, they were the only ones left imprisoned, as he refused to request pardon.

He passed away on August 16, 2010 from heatstroke at the Nikaia State Hospital where he had been transported for health reasons.[11] He was married and had no children.

**Testimony to the Investigative Committee for the Cyprus File**

Ioannidis testified as a witness to the Special Investigative Committee for the "Cyprus File" (February 21, 1986 - October 31, 1988) set up by the government of Andreas Papandreou. His testimony was given on May 7, 1987 and he was transferred to the Parliament under draconian security measures personally supervised by the then chief of the Hellenic Police Nikon Arkoudeas.[12] In contrast to Georgios Papadopoulos who in his own testimony was very talkative (testifying for about nine hours) Ioannidis was extremely sparing and did not help the work of the Committee at all, limiting himself to accusing Papadopoulos for the withdrawal of the Greek division in 1967.[12] Leaving the room of his examination, he handed his handwritten text to the journalists, where he claimed the following:[12]

"The intervention in Cyprus was done to avoid the dissolution of the Cypriot National Guard, which constituted and still constitutes even today, despite the faits accomplis created, a factor of balance between the forces of Greece and Turkey. This strategy was designed in 1964 by Garoufalias and Gennimatas, under the government of Georgios Papandreou, and was based for the area of Cyprus on the Greek division and after its removal in 1967, on the National Guard."

**The interview published after Ioannidis' death**

In July 2009 Ioannidis gave an interview inside the prison to journalist Giorgos Fragkos, which was published on September 9, 2010, i.e. after his death. In it, Ioannidis accused the KKE and the Karamanlis Right, claiming that they have a strange love and complement each other.[13] On the contrary, he praised PASOK saying that this alone tried to reveal the truth in the Investigative Committee for the Cyprus issue and added that he spent his best days in prison during the days of PASOK.[13]

**References**

What the CIA said about Ioannidis, from the newspaper "To Vima"

Androulakis, Mimis (2019). Medusa's Love. Historical betrayal written on the wave. Athens: Patakis.

E' Historika, The dictatorships of the 20th century, insert of Eleftherotypia, Athens 2003, issue 130, p.23

E' Historika, April 21, works, days, consequences, insert of Eleftherotypia, Athens 2001, issue 79, p.24

The end of the "invisible dictator", from the newspaper "To Vima"

Paralikas D., Conspiracies IDEA and ASPIDA (state and parastate), Athens 1979, p.43

E' Historika, Cyprus 1974, insert of Eleftherotypia, Athens 2003, issue 194, p.25

E' Historika, The restoration of Democracy, insert of Eleftherotypia, Athens 2003, issue 195, p.15

E' Historika, The restoration of Democracy, insert of Eleftherotypia, Athens 2003, issue 195, p.45

Why is he not released? Archived 2012-04-30 at Wayback Machine., article from the newspaper "To Vima"

Dimitris Ioannidis died, from the website Capital.gr

I Kathimerini, Friday May 8, 1987, p. 1-2

Eleftheros Kosmos, September 9, 2010 "Ioannidis told me"

**External Links**

Greece: Implications of the Coup, 7 December 1973 Archived 2016-03-04 at Wayback Machine., CIA report on Ioannidis coup.

Ioannidis' coup and STASI estimates.

Ioannidis' apology at the trial of the coup protagonists Makedonia 15/5/1975

Ioannidis' apology at the Polytechnic trial Makedonia 12/12/1975

Start of trial of the accused for the Polytechnic events at Korydallos Prisons (ERT documentary archive)

Trial of EAT-ESA torturers at Korydallos Prisons (ERT documentary archive)

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**Henry Kissinger**

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Henry Alfred Kissinger

56th United States Secretary of State

Term

September 22, 1973 – January 20, 1977

President Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

Deputy Kenneth Rush

Robert Ingersoll

Charles Robinson

Predecessor William Rogers

Successor Cyrus Vance

8th United States National Security Advisor

Term

January 20, 1969 – November 3, 1975

President Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

Predecessor Walt Rostow

Successor Brent Scowcroft

Personal details

Birth May 27, 1923 (100 years old), Bavaria, Germany

Ethnicity German

Citizenship American

Political party Republican Party (USA)

Spouse Ann Fleischer (1949–1964)

Nancy Maginnes

(1974 - today)

Studies Harvard University (BA, MA, Ph.D.)

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (English: Henry Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923), is a German-American politician, diplomat, academic, professor of political science and international relations and author, who served as the 56th United States Secretary of State, from 1973 to 1977 under Presidents Richard Nixon (1973-1974) and Gerald Ford (1974-1977). Also, from 1969 to 1975, he also served as United States National Security Advisor in the Nixon presidency and in the Ford presidency. He is a member of the Republican Party.

In addition, in 2002, he served as chairman of the September 11, 2001 Committee ("9/11 Committee"), in order to fully investigate the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.

Kissinger is considered one of the most important figures in international politics and diplomacy during the 20th and 21st century, as well as one of the most controversial.[1][2]According to many scholars of International Relations, his tenure as Secretary of State was extremely effective and successful.[3]

In 1973, he received the Nobel Peace Prize, for the actions he took for the ceasefire in the Vietnam War.

He is the oldest living former member of the United States Cabinet and the last surviving member of Richard Nixon's Cabinet.[4](see Kennedy assassination)

**Biography**

Kissinger was born in Germany as Heinz Alfred Kissinger to German-Jewish parents. His father Louis Kissinger (Eng. Louis Kissinger, 1887-1982) was a teacher and his mother Paula (Stern) Kissinger (1901-1998) a housewife. At a young age, his favorite activity was football and he was even a player in the youth section of the football team "Greuther Fürth", one of the best teams in Germany at the time. Together with his parents, in 1938 they fled to the USA, to New York under the threat of the Nazi regime. There he attended George Washington High School, where after the first year he attended night classes, while during the day he worked in a factory. Then, he studied accounting at City College of New York, continuing to work at the same time.

In 1943 his studies were interrupted, when he was called to serve in the US Army. During the following period he participated in operations of World War II, including a mission to Krefeld and Hannover in Germany. After the war he continued his studies at postgraduate and doctoral level. He received a PhD in Political Science from Harvard in 1954: his thesis was titled "A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-1822".[5] The subject of his thesis -the conferences and congresses that led to the design and consolidation of the new international system after Napoleon's defeat- caused great impression as at that time (peak of the Cold War) almost all American political scientists dealt with issues such as communism, nuclear weapons, guerrilla warfare techniques etc.

In 1957, with the publication of the book "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy"[6] he became known for the first time as a credible commentator on international relations issues. An academic career at Harvard followed, but at the same time he participated in various government services and committees concerning the foreign policy and security of the United States.

**Foreign Policy**

After 1969, Kissinger was responsible for the "opening" of diplomatic relations between the US and Mao Zedong's communist China and the détente of the cold war rhetoric and tension with Leonid Brezhnev's Soviet Union. As a result of his contacts with Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai, a unified US-Chinese anti-Soviet strategy was agreed in the framework of common state interests. Kissinger argued that this agreement proves the superiority of interests over ideology in shaping international policy. At the same time, however, under his guidance the American government decisively supported various authoritarian regimes, including the Greek Junta of the Colonels and the junta of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

Very prolific, Kissinger is one of the most well-known supporters of the school of realism in international relations, which argues that a state's foreign policy must be drawn with the sole criterion of national interest, ignoring factors such as the moral-philosophical beliefs of the respective government or human rights. Thus, he has become the target of intense criticism from leftists due to his support for dictatorial regimes as long as they serve US interests, but also from neoconservatives, whose efforts for "human rights" and "global spread of democracy" Kissinger treats as dangerous naiveties that reveal ignorance of how the world works.

Intense criticisms of Kissinger's policy have been expressed among others by American journalist Christopher Hitchens in his book "The Trial of Henry Kissinger [7], where he claims that he should be tried for "war crimes, crimes against humanity" and others. The author gives evidence for his criminal, according to him, involvement in the war and dictatorial events in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Chile, Cyprus and East Timor.

**Stance on the Cyprus issue**

During his ministry, among others, the coup of the Greek Junta and the deadly Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July and August 1974 took place. As revealed in confidential documents of the Foreign Office, the main goal of Kissinger's policy on the Cyprus issue was to satisfy Turkey[8].

One of the first to reveal that Kissinger and the State Department were informed in advance about the impending coup of the junta was the political correspondent of the New York Times, in an issue of the newspaper in August 1974[9][10]. According to the American journalist, according to the official version of the State Department, he judged that he had to warn the military regime not to carry out the coup, which was done until July 9, according to repeated assurances from its services in Athens, i.e. the American embassy and the ambassador there Mr. Tasca. Going further, the then member of parliament of the Union of Center, Ioannis Zigdis states in an Athenian newspaper of the time[11] that Kissinger "not only knew about the coup for the overthrow of Archbishop Makarios before July 15 but also encouraged it, if not instigated it"[12].

It is also noteworthy that, as the same newspaper published then[13], up to and including the day of the start of the invasion (July 20, 1974) Kissinger's deputy, Joseph Sisco was in Ankara in contacts with Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit and Foreign Minister Gunes. The same day he went, at Kissinger's suggestion, to Athens, to depart again for Ankara, at noon the next day. The American Secretary of State was not exempt from the anti-American hatred that possessed a large part of the then Greek public opinion, and especially the youth, which did not doubt the negative role of the USA. In an anti-American demonstration of students in Heraklion[11][14], shortly after the b' phase of the Turkish invasion , slogans such as "Murderer Kissinger", "Out the Americans" and "No Partition" were heard.

**Later course**

Kissinger, after Carter's election to the presidency, founded a consulting company and continued his career as an expert on foreign policy issues.

**Rumored statements**

In 1997, in Liana Kanelli's magazine Nemesis was published a supposed statement that Kissinger made in 1994 at a meeting of high-ranking officials in a Washington hotel. The source was an article in the Turkish Daily News.[15] The infamous supposed statement was:

"The people of the Greeks are anarchic and difficult to tame. That's why we must strike him deeply in his cultural roots. Then perhaps he will be forced to conform. I mean to strike his language, his religion, his spiritual and historical reserves, so as to neutralize his ability to develop, to distinguish, to prevail, so as not to bother us in the Balkans, in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the Middle East, in all this neuralgic area of strategic importance for us".

This excerpt was republished, apart from Nemesis, in Oikonomikos Tachydromos and in Avriani, supposedly as genuine. Giannis Marinos of Oikonomikos Tachydromos communicated with Kissinger, who sent a letter of denial to the magazine as well as to the Turkish Daily News. Kissinger's denial was published in Politika Themata[16][17].

Since then, the statement has more or less taken the place of an urban myth[18] and continues to be republished and circulated, especially on the internet, in forums and blogs, in order to support various positions or conspiracy theories [17]. In reposts it is sometimes mentioned that the supposed statement was made in 1974, and not in 1994.

**References**

"How diabolical is Henry Kissinger? The 4 most popular conspiracy theories according to his biographer". HuffPost Greece. March 30, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

"Henry Kissinger: diplomacy in theory and practice". el.garynevillegasm.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

Tierney, Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, Michael J. "The Best International Relations Schools in the World". Foreign Policy. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

CNN, Nicky Robertson and Devan Cole. "Former Secretary of State George Shultz dead at age 100". CNN. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/06/kissinger-metternich-and-realism/377625/

http://www.hoover.org/research/nuclear-weapons-and-foreign-policy-henry-kissinger-council-foreign-relations-1957

The Trial of Kissinger

https://www.naftemporiki.gr/printStory/96809

https://simerini.sigmalive.com/article/2018/9/8/o-rolos-kisingker-kai-o-attilas-2/

Reproduction on the front page of the newspaper "Vima", issue of Fri. 2. Aug. 1974, article "The Americans knew that the overthrow of Makarios was being prepared in Cyprus" (photographic reprint from the series "To Vima- 90 Years", ed. Lambrakis Organization, 2012, volume VI "1972-181")

Front page of the newspaper "Vima", issue of Sat.17. Aug. 1974, articles "The Cyprus issue is Kissinger's Watergate" and "Anti-American demonstration of youth in Thessaloniki and Heraklion" (photo-reprint from the series "To Vima- 90 Years", as above).

https://cognoscoteam.gr/%CE%BF-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B9%CF%89%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AC-%CE%B1%CF%80-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CF%84/

.Front page of the newspaper "Vima", issue of Sun. 21. Jul. 1974, articles "Mr. Sisco again yesterday in Athens and Ankara" (photo-reprint from the series "To Vima- 90 Years", as above)

Excerpts from above article ("Vima" of 17/08/1974): Thessaloniki August 16. A silent anti-American demonstration was carried out today by Cypriot students of the University of Thessaloniki [...] about 150 were later quietly dispersed.[...] Heraklion August 16. The demonstrators carrying Greek flags and pictures of Karamanlis and Makarios went around until late at night [...] shouting slogans such as "Murderer Kissinger", "Out the Americans", " No partition", "Long live Karamanlis", "United Greeks", "Solidarity people", "No Cyprus Vietnam". [...] are estimated at 5,000"

"The protocols of the wise men of Greece - b". Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Politika Themata, June 13, 1997

Sarantakos, Nikos. "The infamous Kissinger statement and Lakis Lazopoulos". Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Mandravelis, Paschos. "Comedy of the foot". I Kathimerini. Retrieved October 16, 2014.

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note: do we know all those whom the All-Good God sends.. to work.. unpaid.. for the interests of Orthodox Hellenism.. and especially for all those things we.. sometimes neglect..

.. and who possibly.. put themselves in front.. at risk.. and testify the good testimony.. of Orthodox Hellenism.. something we.. denied...

THANK YOU AND IF NECESSARY BY THE GRACE OF THE HOLY GOD WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR HEART OUR FATHERS WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY GAVE THEIR OWN BLOOD FOR ALL OF US...

EMMANUEL BIKAKIS THE HERO WHO CRUSHED ATTILA

**OF ORTHODOX ELLENISM**

**HONOR IS AND PRIDE**

**THE BLESSED AND GLORIOUS**

**THIS LAD!!!**

**LONG LIVE FOR EONS OF EONS EMMANUEL!!!**

**IT IS OUR HONOR EVEN IF UNWORTHY**

**TO BE AND TO BE CALLED YOUR PATRIOTS!!!**

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Manolis Bikakis: The Cretan who crushed the invaders of Attila

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The unknown story of his, since it was published mainly on the internet, makes the Greeks who care shiver with emotion, but also clench their teeth with indignation!

However, one thing is certain. Anyone who reads about this lad will feel that he rightly deserves a place next to the greatest Heroes of Hellenism!

And everyone will want to become "Bikakis" when the time comes for Greece to settle its accounts with the paranoid Generals of Turkey, who have been holding almost half of Cyprus under military occupation for 35 whole years and violating Greece almost daily, violating Peace, but also God's patience, who will one day render Justice…

COMMANDO MANOLIS BIKAKIS: The Greek "Rambo" "...The betrayal of Cyprus is in progress, Attila advances and the Commandos are on the Megalonisos to defend the ancestral soil. Among them a descendant of the Minoan archers, of Daskalogiannis, of Giamboudakis, the native of the village Asi Gonia, on the borders of Rethymno - Chania, commando Bikakis, a heroic figure of the battles, among all the others of the Greek warriors of the A' Squadron of ELDYK and the Cypriot commandos. The squadron is divided into pairs having heavy armament, some machine guns and PAO.

Under continuous rain from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars, Bikakis moves to another point, believing that Bichanakis had noticed him, but absorbed in the transport of the shells, he did not see Bikakis' movement and immediately began to call him without receiving an answer. He turned back and reported the loss of his comrade.

But Bikakis is alive and in turn searches for his comrade, thinking he was killed. Alone, he does not lose heart but stays in his position, following the orders he had. An unrepeatable and unconventional confrontation between MAN and machines. He places the shell, brings the PAO to his shoulder and his eye to the sight. Under continuous rain from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars! Under the cover of 6 M-48-A2 tanks and behind them a Turkish Infantry Battalion! Under 300 meters he locks the 1st tank and at 270 meters he turns it into scrap, forcing the two crew members to abandon it!

He changes position, locks the 2nd tank and wraps it in flames without saving anyone!

At 200 meters he destroys the 3rd tank, while the Turks search for him like crazy, he changes position and destroys the 4th leaving no one alive!!!

The two remaining tanks are afraid and hide, but the 5th makes the mistake and appears giving Bikakis the opportunity to send it back from where it came!

The 6th and last retreats hoping to escape 700 meters away from Bikakis, but he destroys it too! Their crews, who days before were burning civilians, women, priests and children, were burned in a few minutes by the lonely Cretan avenger! It was as if it were a macabre game of death, which by Divine will MAN had to win…

The Turkish infantrymen seeing death in front of them run to take cover at Gregory school. Under the cover of the school! Bikakis' two remaining shells are fired at the ground floor and the second floor of the building! How many corpses the Turks counted in the building was never known…

He remained four days without food, fighting with a machine gun, which he found thrown on the adjacent hill and having next to him the photo of Eleni waiting for him in Crete!.

Under continuous fire from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars.

With no moral reward or praise ever received (like no other Officer or soldier from those who took part in this unequal Battle)! The proposal of his Commander, for the immediate award of the Gold Bravery Award, remained forever in the drawers of the "LEADERS".

From guilty silence? From shame? From prejudice? No one ever knew…

When he was discharged from the Army, he worked as a builder. He made a family and children. He breathed his last in a car accident in 1994, on the Athens-Patras national road, leaving life - like other commando fighters, Eldykarioi and pilots of the Noratlas - with the bitterness of non-recognition…

He was honored posthumously by the Commando Club of Imathia. The honorary plaque was sent by the - then alive - President of the Club Drougka Stefanos, to his Parents in Crete…

No Teacher or historian ever spoke to his students about him… No poet dedicated a little of his wisdom to a few lines of words… even for a song.

In the whole of Greece, not even in his homeland Crete, there was never a road to accommodate his name…"

Emmanuel Bikakis, a great, modern national War Hero,

hidden by the cowards, so that their cowardice and betrayal do not seem so unbearable…

NOTE

The story of Manolis Bikakis but also the phrase at the end "No poet dedicated a little of his wisdom to a few lines of words… even for a song" particularly moved his compatriot poet Gorgos Voloudakis who felt obliged to write something for this great hero. He preferred to write a Cretan song that suits his bravery and manliness.

The meeting of the new Akritas

Rizitiko or Anogiano, sousta or pentozali

I never wrote nor will I write again

But for this hero of Crete the garden

the legend of the commandos called Manolis

I will write to the sky like a tear a verse

for Hellenism to learn Manolis the Bikakis.

Alone in Cyprus he put it outside Lefkosia

with a Turkish battalion!!! Listen to self-sacrifice!

He destroyed six tanks with his anti-tank

of Charos he sent many Turks to his share.

Under continuous rain from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars.

Under the cover of the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars.

With wine of Mycenae they have raised him;

You will never see dirt in his claws

because he steps on a cliff and frozen snow

Flames fly from his eyes

he runs his claws

makes blades his wings

armor his heart

and descends from above alone to fight

the insidious death and to stop it

Where he passes he sees birds with fear telling him

where do you descend alone manly Eagle

and what is this you set out to seek

and to the murderer Charon behind him to run;

and you want to do alone what others did not dare

and how do you leave behind you hearts that loved you;

And the fearless Eagle who does not fear death

with the stature of a God turns and apologizes

I WILL NEVER BE LOST I AM NOT A DESERTER

I WAS BORN A WARRIOR

AND OF THE SKY THE EMBLEM"!!!!

LIEUTENANT SPECIAL FORCES OF THE CYPRIOT ARMY

NIKOLAOS KATOUNTAS!!!

PRESENT!!!

IMMORTAL!!!

**HONOR ALSO TO THE HEROIC FIGHTERS OF OUR BETRAYED BROTHERS**

**ORTHODOX GREEKS CYPRIOTS...**

**IT IS A GREAT SIN NOT TO REMEMBER THEM NOT TO HONOR THEM AND NOT TO THANK THEM DAILY!!!**

LIEUTENANT SPECIAL FORCES NIKOLAOS KATOUNTAS!!!

PRESENT!!!

IMMORTAL!!!

**TO CYPRUS MAKE YOU AN ICON OUR FATHER...**

without knowing .. I mean possibly.. that these two women are his daughters and due to age and that only they cry as if taken from his kinship... and that they stand among others in the first row of seats in an honorary event for him in the presentation of a book published for him..

Do not cry.. blessed children of a blessed father.. oh!!! if you knew the glory that your father has today next TO THE HOLY GOD WHO BUILT HEAVEN AND EARTH HE HAS YOU AS A TABLE COMPANION!!!

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THE HOLY GOD WHO BUILT HEAVEN AND EARTH HAS YOU AS A TABLE COMPANION!!!

OH!!! GREEK TRUE AND IMMORTAL!!!

BLESSED ARE YOU!!!

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**Lieutenant General (Archgeneral) Nikolaos Katountas the Unjustified (JUSTIFIED IN HEAVEN) Hero of Achaia**

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**Writes Panos Argyropoulos**

The Achaean Eagle of the Commandos and his epic struggle in martyric Cyprus in the Black July of 1974!!!

Who was the Lion of Kyrenia. He was born in Patras in 1943 He was a graduate of the Evelpidon Military School and the Law School of the University of Athens. He was placed in the Commandos (LOK) and trained as a paratrooper, frogman and skier.

He was a top heroic figure of the battle of Kyrenia and was characterized for his bravery and self-sacrifice. As commander of the 31st L. K. of the 33rd M. K., he fought on Agios Ilarion and Ag. Georgios of Kyrenia in July 1974 and together with his soldiers confronted the greatest crucial weight of the Turkish invaders.

The Lion of Kyrenia, as they call him, fought unequal battles, alone and unaided together with his soldiers against the Turkish invaders. Under continuous fire from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars.

Under a continuous rain from the Turks' 4.2 inch mortars.

He sacrificed himself with bravery to cover up to his last soldier.

As another Leonidas he stayed there to guard Thermopylae and with his heroic self-sacrifice glorified Greece and Cyprus, leaving behind him, his own people, his wife and his two daughters.

From July 20 at dawn he was fighting with his Squadron the 33 Squadron commandos on Pentadaktylos in the area of Kotzakaya and Agios Ilarion the 65th elite Turkish paratrooper brigade of Kayseri which from the dawn of the invasion falls from the Turkish transport planes in the area with the aim of cutting off any movement of the national guard forces to reinforce the defense of the 251 battalion of the hero Kalamatian Lieutenant Colonel Pavlos Kouroupis on Agios Georgios Kyrenia. The 33 Squadron commandos of the then Lieutenant Nikolaos Katounta gave hard and unequal battles and lost in one of them its commander Major Georgios Katsanis!!

Despite this the Squadron of Katounta and the other three Squadrons Commandos infiltrated deep into the Turkish positions despite the enemy's superiority in arms and forced the leader of the Turkish invasion force general Noureddin Ersin to tear off the insignia of his rank out of fear lest he be captured by the Greek lokatjides whose heroic effort had sown panic in the Turkish lines in the first critical hours of the invasion!!

The Treacherous leadership of the GHQ however with the first son-in-law of Ioannidis the Brigadier Michalis Georgitsis left these commando units without any order of action without supply and without sending them even an infantry battalion to take over the captured with so much blood ground so that these elite units could continue their mission.

So without ammunition anymore without food and water and with the Turkish Air Force sweeping unhindered the area on the peaks of Aspri Moutis of Kotzakaya and Agios Ilarion where the Greek Lokatjides held their positions and had captured many Turkish Paratroopers literally with their underpants on the night of Sunday inside the barracks of the Turkish bases around the peak of Agios Ilarion they are forced to disengage and abandon the ground that they had captured with such hard struggle.

So we arrive at the fatal dawn of Monday July 22 this was his hour KATOUNTA!!!

With the first light the hero lieutenant who for two days fights continuously engaging with the most elite Attila has thrown on the island receives a fatal and treacherous as it turned out in the course order from the commando command of Cyprus which ordered him to take his company the 31 commando company of the 33rd squadron of 62 men and go down to the area of Agios Georgios Kyrenia to hit two tanks that harass the area as the order said!!!

{here we must say that the commando squadrons in Cyprus then had obsolete armament of the World War II era such as British type Lee-Enfield rifles and M3 machine guns while they were completely deprived of anti-tank weapons but also of any kind of heavy weapons }

The Hero Lieutenant Katountas immediately executes the order and quickly despite the hardship of the previous two days advances with his 62 braves with individual old armament and hand grenades only to the area of the Turkish bridgehead on Agios Georgios little outside Kyrenia as the order dictated. and instead of the two tanks he faces a picture of hell that the human mind cannot bear !!!

The Defense of the company of the 251 battalion of Pavlos Kouroupis which from the beginning of the invasion heroically defended the area has now broken since it did not receive any reinforcement from the GHQ as the defense plans of the island dictated and a whole Turkish infantry brigade with a force of 3,200 men has disembarked reinforced with tank squadrons of the 39th division of general Bedrettin Demirel and supported by the naval artillery of the ships and the Turkish air force that continuously carbonizes the area with napalm bombs attacks and in a pincer formation sweeps the entire plain of Kyrenia moving towards the city !!!

Nikolaos Katountas facing this picture understood that everything has been betrayed and he has nothing to expect help from anywhere,

It was now clear that the traitors of the general staff national guard only for one reason had sent him there they wanted blood they wanted losses to justify their treacherous inaction.

In such a nightmarish situation the most natural reaction of any leader would be retreat and salvation. Thus dictates military logic and natural laws in the face of such nightmarish inequality of forces.

Nikolaos Katountas however was not just any leader he was a real Commando with Heart of Eagle Soul of Demigod and Nerves of Steel who in a few hours when the heavenly gates would open to receive him the King of Sparta Leonidas would cede the laurels of Thermopylae to his own hands now !!

He had decided that he would not let the hyenas of Asia pass unshot into the City of his ancestors Praxandros and Kifheas. They would bleed to take it and they would bleed A lot !!! Without expecting help from anywhere and while he knew that everyone had betrayed them he stayed and fought heroically For no hope of victory only because he had to.

He moved immediately with his men to take battle positions and right then he connects scattered infantrymen of the 251 who are retreating and asks them to tell him where the Turkish positions are. they with terror reply to him that the Turks are too many and that he would do well to leave too.

Katountas got angry and gave the epic answer I DID NOT ASK YOU HOW MANY THEY ARE I ASKED YOU WHERE THE TURKS ARE !!! YOU LEAVE I WITH MY MEN CONTINUE !!!! And he continued he took contact with the Turkish flood and did everything to stop it !!! He set them up with masterful way his few braves in key positions and with their accurate fire they shook and pinned the Turkish outposts. The Turks raged and make continuous attacks against the lokatjides of Katounta but the accurate and dense fire they receive from the spirited lads of the Achaean Giant fill the area with Turkish corpses continuously so they held them for hours until late noon shortly before the ceasefire that the Turks asked and then did not respect that would come into force at 4 pm !!!

The Turkish dynamos has been humiliated its leaders cannot believe that a demigod with a handful of braves have pinned them and they throw into the battle whatever they have and do not have new air attacks combined with attacks of strong infantry artillery and tanks make the area a regular furnace but Katountas does not retreat. He came k the time when the few ammunition he has at his disposal the hero are exhausted and the time has come to take the big decision !!!

And yet even at that tragic hour the only thing he did not think about was his own life he thought only of his lads who have been left with few bullets now and are threatened with total slaughter and gives them the order saying to them word for word..

LEAVE AND I WILL STAY TO COVER YOU The men refuse however to leave their leader alone and repeats… LEAVE RE IT IS AN ORDER THE MOTHERS OF CYPRUS WILL BLACKEN TODAY AND I DO NOT WANT YOURS TO BE !!!

The last to leave was his messenger commando Pambos Kyrillou who also gave the testimony of the last moments of his Hero Leader !!! Katountas stayed alone entrenched at the root of a carob tree shooting continuously against the Turkish flood that was entering now from everywhere to cover the escape of his men who had sent them on the road of salvation now in exchange for his own life so that their youth do not become alibi for the traitors of Athens and Nicosia so that Charos does not celebrate with their blood !! And he saved them since as another Digenis Akritas he himself called Charon to a regular Duel Titanomachy in the marble threshing floors of the city of his ancestors Kyrenia

ONE ALONE THE ACHAean EAGLE AGAINST 3,200 BLOODTHIRSTY ASIAN VULTURES !!!!

The Tormented Cyprus honored the Hero by giving his name to a street in Nicosia. The Metropolitan Greece named him honorary Lieutenant General and gave his name to Camp in Chios. In the birthplace of his beloved wife Kalamata there is his Bust !!! While these days a book dedicated to the Hero with title { Nikolaos Katountas the Leonidas of Kyrenia } was released from the editions Infognomon of Savva Kalenteridi

In the place where he was born however in Achaia and in his City Patras there is nothing for this demigod. for 45 Years now ungrateful Achaia has not done its duty towards its thousand-glorified Child and leaves her Hero unjustified !!!

**HYMN DEDICATED TO THE ACHAean HERO**

**NIKOLAOS KATOUNTAS**

Pentadaktylos trembles and from Foundations creaks

when on the highest peak Eagle sits

He turns his eyes low the sea looks

he sees storm havoc and the sea boils

The plain of Kyrenia like the furnace boils

The sea that once cooled her mountains

now vomits demons that tear her sides

Under thunder and lightning the havoc grows

plays the Eagle with lightning and who tames him

Who will tame Eagle and who will corral him

raised with wine of Mycenae;

Who will tame Eagle and who will corral him

and in a defensive pincer sweeps

and a disposition of pincers sweeps

Flames fly from his eyes

he runs his claws

makes blades his wings

armor his heart

and descends from above alone to fight

the insidious death and to stop it

Where he passes he sees birds with fear telling him

where do you descend alone manly

and what is this you set out to seek

and to the murderer Charon behind him to run;

and you want to do alone what others did not dare

and how do you leave behind you hearts that loved you;

And the fearless Eagle who does not fear death

with the stature of a God turns and apologizes

I WILL NEVER BE LOST I AM NOT A DESERTER

I WAS BORN A WARRIOR

AND OF THE SKY THE EMBLEM"!!!!

LIEUTENANT GENERAL NIKOLAOS KATOUNTAS

Mortals bow the knee to the immortals !! Photos from the archive of the family of Nikolaos Katountas

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**Posted on March 13, 2019 by MILISIOS**

**The Leonidas of Kyrenia"**

It could have the title "The Debt".

A debt that we Greeks should have fulfilled years ago, to a man who gave his life staying faithful to God and the Homeland and to the mission assigned to him, even though he knew that the "game was lost and betrayed".

It is about the book "Nikolaos Katountas – The Leonidas of Kyrenia", in which his allies from the 33 Commando Squadron narrate the last heroic moments of the sacrifice of this great hero, who fell fighting at the gates of Kyrenia, on August 22, 1974, the time when the ceasefire and the armistice had already been agreed.

The book, prefaced by the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Dimitris Syllouris, has a special reference to the period that led to the treacherous coup of July 15, which gave the "alibi" to Turkey to intervene militarily in Cyprus, as well as a chronology of events until the hour when Katountas undertook the suicide mission "to eliminate with his company, with 62 men, together with the company of Captain Roka, a bridgehead of three thousand men, supported by tanks, artillery and air force".

These heroic moments are narrated in the book by his allies, his sergeant, his messenger, the probationary reserve officer and other commandos, from whom, when he saw that the game is lost and betrayed, he asked to leave and save their lives, "so that the Cypriot mothers do not blacken". And they were saved.

Also, in the book there are texts by members of his family, to which the Homeland also owes, since it carries the cross of martyrdom for 45 years, texts by his classmates from the Evelpidon Military School and active officers, as well as texts by commandos, university professors and military analysts, who cover the "Katountas phenomenon" from all sides.

Characteristic excerpt from the introductory note of Savvas Kalenteridis, who also had the general editing of the book:

"…All that commando Lieutenant Nikolaos Katountas did that day to defend Kyrenia, will be written in golden letters in history, and in the pages of this book the reader will see that there is no trace of exaggeration in what we write.

However, what will remain indelible for ever and ever, what ranks him among the greatest heroes of the nation, is the following incident:

When he took the mission and moved with his unit towards the landing beach, where the Turkish "Special Mission Force Bora" was disembarking with the second landing wave, he met units of the 251 Infantry Regiment abandoning their positions and retreating disorderly towards the rear.

Then he asked a soldier who was retreating: "Where is the enemy?".

The soldier replied: "They are many, too many. Better to leave. Our battalion was disbanded".

Then the commando Lieutenant Nikolaos Katountas, as if by miracle, answered exactly like Agis Archidamus with his motto "Not how many but where".

He said to the retreating soldier imperatively: "I asked you where they are and not how many they are".

That was it.

The commando Lieutenant Nikolaos Katountas had written his history at that moment, which he ratified a few hours later, when he dismissed one by one his commandos to be saved and stayed himself alone fighting against many, wounded, until the last bullet and until the last drop of his blood the enemy."

Title:

"Nikolaos Katountas:

The Leonidas of Kyrenia"

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**The missing Greek Rambo who fought in Cyprus in 1974! Lieutenant Nikos Katountas**

From Militaire News

-13/02/2017 | 21:09

After the triumph of the Coup (NOTE.. THIS COUP WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE ANTICHRISTS ZIONISTS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS CIA JUNTA AND EYP OF THE ANTICHRIST ZION-SON-IN-LAW RENEGADE IOANNIDIS.. THEY PUT ASIDE PAPADOPOULOS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT TRUST HIM IN THIS... THE TARGET WAS MAKARIOS AND ORTHODOX GREEK CYPRUS) against Makarios on the island things seemed calm. But this apparent calm lasted only 3-4 days.

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..............................................................the defensive mechanism of Greece was far superior to the corresponding Turkish. Mainly in air force and navy….

Suddenly things changed.

Already from the 19th come images on the BBC television with the Turkish fleet having sailed together with troop-laden landing craft from Mersin heading for Cyprus.

The Macedonian Commander of the Squadron Major Katsanis worried. He awaits orders or at least instructions. The commanders of his Companies – among them Lieutenant Katountas – hang from his lips while he talks on the phone with the GHQ and specifically with Colonel Kombokis. Kombokis was left to imply that they might have problems with the Turks but he gave neither instructions nor orders.

All Officers of the Commandos showed great respect to Kombokis [1]

And yet the next day they all woke up to the noise of Turkish aircraft and the sight of landing craft on the sea of Kyrenia. The Turks are attempting a landing.

Calmly the unit is put on alert as happens in these cases following the Defense Plans and awaiting orders. Orders do not come but conflicting estimates… "The Turks are exercising"…

It was clear that the Turks were landing somewhere west of Kyrenia.

At some point orders came from Colonel Kombokis himself.

Commando operation of all Commando Squadrons on Pentadaktylos.

(NOTE..HERE IS THE BETRAYAL... SINCE THEY LET THE ANTICHRISTS TAKE POSITIONS AND AIMS ON THE MOUNTAINS.. OUR OWN RENEGADES AND ANTICHRISTS SENT AFTER OUR FATHERS AND OUR BROTHERS TO THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF!!! ...INSTEAD OF BEING MORTARED AND SHOT UNTIL COMPLETE DESTRUCTION..AND BEFORE THE MEMETIDES TAKE POSITIONS... THEY HAD TAKEN CARE NOT TO GIVE IN TIME THE ALARM AND THE ALERT AND THE INITIATIVE DEFENSIVE ARMORING OF THE LANDING POINTS BY THE ORTHODOX GREEK ARMY!!!)

So the Company of Katounta on the night of 20/21 July 1974 fought on Agios Ilarion, where the Greek commandos of Cyprus acted with commando attacks against Kotzakaya (31 MK), against Aspri Moutti (32 MK) and at Petromouthkia (33 MK), while the mobilized (34 MK) remained at the foothills.

The 31st MK fully achieved its objective while the other two 32 and 33 MK found strong resistances and were pinned. When at dawn the next day "due to lack of replacement battalion" the 31 or "possibility of sending reinforcements" for the 32 and 33 (that's what the GHQ said) they were forced to disengage, the 33 MK withdrew headless, because it had already lost its Commander Major Georgios Katsanis, After much hardship they returned to the camp. All saddened for the loss of the Commander and so many soldiers without compensation. After the roll call reorganization took place.

On the 22nd in the morning, his Company was wrongly ordered from a strategic point of view, to be sent to fight in close combat with its light armament in Agios Georgios Kyrenia against the advancing Turks, who until that moment were confronted alone by the 251 Infantry Battalion of the also until today missing Lieutenant Colonel Infantry Pavlos Kouroupis, in essence a company.Lieutenant Katountas therefore head of 62 men, met scattered infantrymen from the 251 who were retreating. He asked their leader where the Turks are and he replied that it is better to leave because the Turks are too many, with Katountas reacting irritated: "I asked you where they are and not how many they are", reminding the phrase from Plutarch's Apophthegmata: "Not how many but where", which is included today in the Emblem of the XXI Armored Brigade of our Army. After that, Katountas and his company proceeded. And Mr. Dimitriadis continues: "…What can the individual weapons do, sad remnants of WWII, against the M-47 of the 39th Turkish Division;…". Truth has anyone wondered, who was responsible for the fact that the Units of the Cypriot National Guard, had such ancient armament? Anyway not the… "junta".

Katountas arrives with his Company (62 men instead of the 120 provided…) a short distance from Kyrenia, until comes the information, that 200 Turkish tanks are located camouflaged inside the fields. The information was wrong since the Turks used in both Attilas a total of about 190 tanks. Anyway the fact was, that the situation for Katountas and his men, was tragic.

The battle that follows is hard, but unequal. With their obsolete individual armament, the commandos fight like lions. The Turks, for a moment are stunned and retreat. After an hour they reappear, this time with the cover of M-47 tanks. And Dimitriadis wonders: "…How to stop these steel beasts with Lee Enfield no 4? You see the political leadership preferred to arm its praetorians, the Reserve, with modern armament and not the National Guard" and so our questions are solved too…

The struggle continues with stubbornness and momentum. The Turks with continuous efforts, attack Katountas' Company. The end is approaching! The ammunition is running out. His messenger Pambos Kyrillou, remembers: "The Lieutenant orders the men who are near him to leave and he will cover them himself. The men refuse. Then he tells them: ‘’It is an order re! Cyprus will blacken and I do not want your mothers to be the ones who will wear black. Leave. I order you’". Penultimate left Kyrillou. Last REMAINED Katountas.

In the same book Konstantinos Dimitriadis wonders: "Could not Katountas retreat towards Nicosia?. Yes he could…And the most likely, if he did it, today he would be retired now Brigadier or even General in his house, with his wife Roula, who was pregnant with their second child and his little firstborn daughter. And yet Lieutenant Nik. Katountas did not leave…Brave! Brave! GREEK!...The Nikos Katountas, in front of whom the Seals, the Rangers and the made for the cinema heroes type Rambo etc. look like little scouts"

Eternal honor and gratitude to my classmate at Evelpidon School Nikolaos Katountas, as well as honor to my also classmate commando Ilias Glentzes who was seriously wounded in 1974, paying dearly for the betrayal, of those who unfortunately remained unpunished.

But, if necessary, we will return.

HUMBLE COMMENT

YOU WERE VERY GREAT FOR US NIKOLAOS.. THE ANTICHRISTS DID NOT REMEMBER YOU BECAUSE THEY WERE CONTROLLED AND THEIR VILENESS AND THEIR BETRAYAL.. WE HONOR YOUR SACRIFICE.. WE REMEMBER YOUR NAME.. HONOR TO THE PARENTS WHO BORE.. SUCH A SPROUT.. HONOR TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU WERE BORN.. EQUAL TO LEONIDAS TO ALEXANDER TO MAKRYGIANNIS!!!

THANK YOU OUR FATHER.. THANK YOU.. AND HOW TO REPAY YOU.. THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THE HOLY GOD WHO BUILT HEAVEN AND EARTH HAS YOU AS A TABLE COMPANION!!!

OH!!! GREEK TRUE AND IMMORTAL!!!

BLESSED ARE YOU!!!

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### Other Heroes of the 1974 Cyprus Invasion

The 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, also known as Operation Attila, saw numerous acts of bravery by Greek and Greek Cypriot soldiers, officers, and civilians who defended the island against overwhelming odds. While figures like Nikolaos Katountas and Manolis Bikakis are well-known for their heroic stands, many others distinguished themselves through sacrifice, leadership, or endurance. Below is a list of notable heroes from the Greek Cypriot side (excluding those already highlighted in your query). This draws from historical accounts, memorials, and repatriation efforts. I've focused on defenders who fought, were killed, went missing, or survived as POWs during the events of July-August 1974.

#### 1. **Major Georgios Katsanis**

- **Role and Actions**: Commander of the 33rd Commando Squadron (part of the Cypriot National Guard). He led fierce counterattacks against Turkish paratroopers in the Pentadaktylos Mountains, particularly around Kotzakaya and Agios Ilarion. His unit inflicted heavy casualties on elite Turkish forces during the initial invasion phase on July 20-21, 1974.

- **Fate**: Killed in action on July 21, 1974, while directing operations. Posthumously promoted and honored; a sports arena in Thessaloniki bears his name.

- **Significance**: Symbol of commando resistance; his death marked a turning point in the defense of northern Cyprus.

#### 2. **Lieutenant Colonel Pavlos Kouroupis**

- **Role and Actions**: Commander of the 251st Infantry Battalion, tasked with defending the Kyrenia beachhead (Agios Georgios area). For over 36 hours starting July 20, 1974, his undermanned unit (essentially a company) held off a full Turkish brigade supported by tanks, artillery, and air strikes, buying time for reinforcements that never arrived.

- **Fate**: Captured and went missing after his position was overrun on July 22, 1974. He remains unaccounted for, listed among the missing.

- **Significance**: His stand delayed the Turkish advance, preventing an immediate fall of Kyrenia; often called a "modern Leonidas" for fighting to the end despite betrayal and abandonment.

#### 3. **Christakis Stylianou**

- **Role and Actions**: A Greek Cypriot soldier captured during the invasion. He endured three months as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Turkish custody, facing torture and harsh conditions in prisons like Adana.

- **Fate**: Survived and was released; spoke publicly for the first time in 2024 about his ordeal, highlighting the human cost of the war.

- **Significance**: Represents the resilience of Cypriot POWs; his story sheds light on war crimes and the long-term trauma of survivors.

#### The Seven Repatriated Greek Soldiers (Killed in Action)

In 2021, the remains of seven Greek soldiers who fought and died during the invasion were identified via DNA and returned to Greece after 47 years. They were part of ELDYK (Hellenic Force in Cyprus) or attached units. Posthumously honored as heroes:

- **Colonel Konstantinos Kokkas** (Infantry): Led defensive operations; killed in combat.

- **Colonel Nikolaos Giannakopoulos** (Engineer): Supported engineering defenses; died during the fighting.

- **Reserve Warrant Officer Dimitrios Velonas** (Infantry): Fought in ground battles; killed in action.

- **Reserve Warrant Officer Christodoulou Doitsidis** (Paratroopers): Paratrooper involved in counterattacks; perished.

- **Reserve Warrant Officer Dimitrios Thanopoulos** (Supply-Transport): Ensured logistics under fire; killed.

- **Reserve Warrant Officer Charalambos Karagounis** (Infantry): Defended positions; died in battle.

- **Reserve Warrant Officer Thomas Koukoulis** (Infantry): Engaged in infantry combat; killed.

#### Heroes from Dali (Municipality in Cyprus)

The village of Dali lost many in 1974, with memorials honoring fallen and missing fighters. Among the 18 missing (8 identified by 2017, 10 still unaccounted for):

- **Marcou Markou**: Remains identified in 2017; fought and went missing during the invasion.

- **Antonis Efthymiou**: Identified shortly before the 2017 tribute; defended Dali area.

- **Yiorgos Kyriakou of Panagiotis**: Remains found; resisted Turkish advances.

- Plus 10 unnamed still-missing "brave lads from Dali" who fought in various sectors.

No.,Last Name,First Name,Rank,Unit

1,Avramidis,Angelos,Colonel (Inf),A'RS

2,Agapakis,Michail,Raider (Commando),A'RS

3,Akridas,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

4,Alexakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

5,Alexandrou,Ilias,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

6,Amariotakis,Aristeidis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

7,Amvrazis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

8,Anastasiadis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

9,Anastasiou,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

10,Anastasopoulos,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

11,Androulakis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

12,Androulakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

13,Antonopoulos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

14,Antonoudis,Antonios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

15,Apostolakis,Charalampos,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

16,Apostolopoulos,Pavlos,Warrant Officer (Health),A'RS

17,Arampatzidis,Panagiotis,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

18,Afalis,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

19,Valeras,Athanasios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

20,Vasileiou,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

21,Vatougias,Georgios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

22,Veras,Filippos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

23,Vousdoukos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

24,Gavriilidis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

25,Gaidatzis,Christos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

26,Galanakos,Konstantinos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

27,Galachousidis,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

28,Gatsoulis,Nikolaos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

29,Gerakakis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

30,Gerakianakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

31,Georgakopoulos,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

32,Georgiou,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

33,Georgopoulos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

34,Giannarakis,Kosmas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

35,Giannakos,Stefanos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

36,Gianniou,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

37,Giannopoulos,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

38,Giannopoulos,Stefanos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

39,Gatilis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

40,Gkaramatsas,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

41,Gkogos,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

42,Gkourompinos,Athanasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

43,Gryllos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

44,Gyparakis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

45,Dalamagas,Ilias,Raider (Commando),A'RS

46,Daskalakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

47,Dellis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

48,Dimitriou,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

49,Doitsidis,Christodoulos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

50,Douvris,Thomas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

51,Eleftheriadis,Gervasios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

52,Evaggelou,Thomas,Sergeant Major (Inf),A'RS

53,Zangos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

54,Zarkadas,Demosfhenis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

55,Zaferiou,Athanasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

56,Zaferopoulos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

57,Zafolias,Frantziskos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

58,Zervakis,Michail,Raider (Commando),A'RS

59,Zisimopoulos,Antonios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

60,Zygouras,Asimakis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

61,Zografopoulos,Kosmas,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

62,Iliadis,Antonios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

63,Iliakis,Eftychios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

64,Iliakis,Zacharias,Raider (Commando),A'RS

65,Ilias,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

66,Theiakos,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

67,Theodosopoulos,Alexandros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

68,Theodorakakos,Athanasios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

69,Theodoropoulos,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

70,Theodoropoulos,Spiridon,Sergeant (Commando),Γ' MAK

71,Thomas,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

72,Iakovidis,Georgios,Sergeant Major (Inf),Γ' MAK

73,Iakovidis,Dimitrios,Sergeant (Commando),Γ' MAK

74,Kavakiotis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

75,Kavrochori anos,Nikolaos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

76,Kadianakis,Pavlos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

77,Kakarantzas,Chrysostomos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

78,Kalampokis,Lampros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

79,Kalargyros,Nikolaos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

80,Kallergis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

81,Kallergis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

82,Kallianteris,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

83,Kampagiannis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

84,Kampourakis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

85,Kamtsiridis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

86,Kaoukis,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

87,Kapatos,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

88,Kaplanidis,Filippos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

89,Karagiannis,Petros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

90,Karagiozoglou,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

91,Karaiskos,Georgios,Captain (Inf),A'RS

92,Karampatzakis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

93,Karapanos,Stavros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

94,Karasaia,Christos,Captain (Inf),A'RS

95,Karvelis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

96,Karpozilos,Aleksios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

97,Kasimakis,Sotirios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

98,Kateros,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

99,Katsipanos,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

100,Keskesiadis,Grigorios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

101,Keskinis,Paschalis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

102,Ketikidis,Ilias,Raider (Commando),A'RS

103,Kikis,Sotirios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

104,Kiourtsoglou,Georgios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

105,Kioutsoukis,Ioannis,Major (Inf),A'RS

106,Kissas,Iraklis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

107,Koimtzoglou,Konstantinos,Captain (Inf),Γ' MAK

108,Koimtzoglou,Nikolaos,Captain (Inf),KEMK

109,Kolintzikis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

110,Kollias,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

111,Kolokotronis,Platon,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

112,Kolydas,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

113,Kondylidis,Iordanis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

114,Kontzialis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

115,Kontogiannis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

116,Koskinas,Konstantinos,Nurse (Health),AMAL

117,Kotsonis,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

118,Koukoufikis,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

119,Kouloubas,Ioannis,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

120,Kouloures,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

121,Koumlelis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

122,Kouros,Marinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

123,Kourounis,Sotirios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

124,Kourtidis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

125,Koutsovasilis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

126,Koutsompinas,Efstathios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

127,Koutsonakis,Georgios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

128,Kritsotakis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

129,Kritsotakis,Pantelis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

130,Krikelis,Petros,Captain (Inf),A'RS

131,Kryousis,Thomas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

132,Kyriazakos,Ioannis,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

133,Kyriakos,Dimitrios,Colonel (Inf),A'RS

134,Kyrkos,Evangelos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

135,Konstantelias,Ilias,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

136,Konstantinou,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

137,Lagos,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

138,Laliotis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

139,Lambrou,Charilaos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

140,Lantzourakis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

141,Lemonis,Sotirios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

142,Liampas,Grigorios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

143,Livanidis,Petros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

144,Ligdis,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

145,Liontis,Vasileios,Captain (Inf),A'RS

146,Litsas,Dimitrios,Sergeant Major (Inf),A'RS

147,Lougiakis,Efstratios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

148,Lourakis,Tilemachos,Captain (Inf),A'RS

149,Mathioudakis,Petros,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

150,Makrinas,Frantziskos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

151,Makrogkikas,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

152,Makroglou,Ioannis,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

153,Makrypodakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

154,Malakonakis,Argyrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

155,Malamas,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

156,Manesis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

157,Maniatis,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

158,Manouras,Vasileios,Colonel (Inf),A'RS

159,Mantas,Charalampos,Captain (Inf),A'RS

160,Mantzafoulis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

161,Manolas,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

162,Manolas,Matthaios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

163,Maris,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

164,Marinopoulos,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

165,Markakis,Nikolaos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

166,Mavrakis,Christos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

167,Mavridis,Eleftherios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

168,Mavromatakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

169,Mavroudis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

170,Menychtas,Achilleas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

171,Messas,Vasileios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

172,Miliadis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

173,Milios,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

174,Militsopoulos,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

175,Missou,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

176,Minis,Evangelos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

177,Monastirakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

178,Monias,Aimilios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

179,Moundrizas,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

180,Bazios,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

181,Bakaros,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

182,Bakouris,Chrysostomos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

183,Balampanis,Theodoros,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

184,Balafas,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

185,Baltzsis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

186,Bantourakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

187,Barampoutis,Georgios,Major (Inf),A'RS

188,Barotas,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

189,Batzikostas,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

190,Bachtsevanidis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

191,Benos,Stavros,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

192,Besiris,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

193,Bikakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

194,Bompolas,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

195,Boutsioulis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

196,Mytalas,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

197,Moysidis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

198,Nakos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

199,Natsas,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

200,Nikolaidis,Christos,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

201,Nikolaou,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

202,Nikolaou,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),A'RS

203,Nompelis,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

204,Ntaramaras,Apostolos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

205,Ntafos,Fotios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

206,Ntzouvalis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

207,Ntikoudis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

208,Ntouvas,Nikolaos,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

209,Xenitidis,Konstantinos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

210,Xesfiggis,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

211,Xypolitakis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

212,Oikonomakis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

213,Pazarlis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

214,Palapoukidis,Aristeidis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

215,Paliogiannis,Christos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

216,Panagiotakis,Michail,Raider (Commando),A'RS

217,Panagiotopoulos,Panagiotis,Sergeant (Commando),Γ' MAK

218,Papadakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

219,Papadimitriou,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

220,Papaeustathiou,Efstathios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

221,Papameletiou,Georgios,Colonel (Inf),A'RS

222,Papapostolou,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

223,Paraskevopoulos,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

224,Paraskevopoulos,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

225,Parmakis,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

226,Patitaras,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

227,Pavlou,Dimitrios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

228,Pachoulis,Pachoumios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

229,Pediaditis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

230,Pelekis,Efthymios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

231,Petropoulos,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

232,Petropoulos,Vasileios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

233,Pechinakis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

234,Plagiannnakos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

235,Polatidis,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

236,Polyzos,Argyrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

237,Poulis,Ilias,Raider (Commando),A'RS

238,Poulidis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

239,Poulios,Argyrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

240,Pratsinakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS

241,Prinianakis,Stylianos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

242,Priskas,Christos,Sergeant Major (Inf),A'RS

243,Prokopakis,Prokopios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

244,Prosotsanlis,Periklis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

245,Raptis,Aristeidis,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

246,Reizis,Periklis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

247,Restas,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

248,Rizas,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

249,Rouvalis,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

250,Roukas,Demosfhenis,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

251,Saisanas,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

252,Salouros,Konstantinos,Captain (Inf),A'RS

253,Saloustros,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

254,Samourkas,Argyrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

255,Samparakos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

256,Santorinaios,Anastasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

257,Sapikas,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

258,Sarantaris,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

259,Sarantaris,Emmanouil,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

260,Sevastos,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

261,Seretes,Alexandros,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

262,Siavalas,Georgios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

263,Siakavellas,Ilias,Captain (Inf),A'RS

264,Sideris,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

265,Siopidis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

266,Siorokos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

267,Skiadaresis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

268,Sklavos,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

269,Skotidas,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

270,Skouloudis,Fotios,Captain (Mech),A'RS

271,Sovislis,Naoum,Raider (Commando),A'RS

272,Spanakis,Antonios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

273,Spetsiotakis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

274,Spyropoulos,Georgios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

275,Spyropoulos,Efstathios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

276,Stamatiou,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

277,Stergiopoulos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

278,Stefanoudakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

279,Sfakianakis,Eleftherios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

280,Sfakianakis,Emmanouil,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

281,Sfakianakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

282,Sfendonis,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

283,Sotiriadis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

284,Tasoulas,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

285,Tatsakis,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

286,Telloglou,Ioannis,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

287,Terzakos,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

288,Tzamos,Theodoros,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

289,Tzatzadakis,Gerasimos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

290,Tzatzimakis,Georgios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

291,Tzelatis,Aristeidis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

292,Tzinis,Vasileios,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

293,Tzoumanis,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

294,Tzoumerkas,Asterios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

295,Tzouras,Sotirios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

296,Tonidis,Athanasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

297,Topalidis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

298,Topsiotis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

299,Tottas,Tryantafyllos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

300,Toulis,Ilias,Raider (Commando),A'RS

301,Trellos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

302,Trevlakos,Manousos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

303,Triallonis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

304,Triantafyllidis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

305,Tripolitsiotis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

306,Trifos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

307,Tsagarakis,Dimitrios,Captain (Inf),A'RS

308,Tsagaris,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

309,Tsagaropoulos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

310,Tsakonas,Evangelos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

311,Tsalparas,Anastasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

312,Tsamkiranis,Dimitrios,Captain (Inf),A'RS

313,Tsantzallos,Sotirios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

314,Tsaprazis,Aggelos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

315,Tsevas,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

316,Tsigaridas,Thomas,Raider (Commando),A'RS

317,Tsiggenopoulos,Faidon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

318,Tzilivakis,Stefanos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

319,Tsilionis,Lampros,Sergeant Major (Inf),A'RS

320,Tsintzas,Charalampos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

321,Tsirakis,Stylianos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

322,Tsitras,Iraklis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

323,Tsitsiridakis,Antonios,Captain (Inf),A'RS

324,Tsiogas,Pavlos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

325,Tsolakidis,Panagiotis,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

326,Tsompanoudis,Athanasios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

327,Tsourakakis,Charalampos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

328,Farsarakis,Michail,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

329,Fthenos,Vasileios,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS

330,Floroskoufis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

331,Fountouradakis,Nikolaos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

332,Fysaris,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

333,Fotiadis,Stefanos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

334,Chaniotakis,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS

335,Chatzikonstantinidis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

336,Chatzopoulos,Christos,Raider (Commando),A'RS

337,Cheliotis,Michail,Raider (Commando),A'RS

338,Cholis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK

339,Christogiannis,Taxiarchis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

340,Christodoulou,Vasileios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

341,Christopoulos,Athanasios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS

342,Christopoulos,Michail,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS

343,Christoforidis,Periklis,Raider (Commando),A'RS

344,Chroniaris,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS

dead and wounded.. listed below..

Category,Last Name,First Name,Rank,Unit,Aircraft,Cause,Status

Air Force,Dimitros,Georgios,Flight Lieutenant,354 TTU,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Air Force,Mettas,Vasileios,Squadron Leader,354 TTU,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Air Force,Razos,Ioannis,Senior Airman,354 TTU,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Air Force,Kagianpakis,Georgios,Chief Warrant Officer,354 TTU,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Avramidis,Angelos,Colonel (Inf),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Agapakis,Michail,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Akridas,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Alexakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Alexandrou,Ilias,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Amariotakis,Aristeidis,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Amvrazis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Anastasiadis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Anastasiou,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Anastasopoulos,Andreas,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Androulakis,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Androulakis,Ioannis,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Antonopoulos,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Antonoudis,Antonios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Apostolakis,Charalampos,Lt Colonel (Inf),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Apostolopoulos,Pavlos,Warrant Officer (Health),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Arampatzidis,Panagiotis,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Afalis,Panagiotis,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Valeras,Athanasios,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Vasileiou,Theodoros,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Vatougias,Georgios,Raider (Commando),Γ' MAK,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Veras,Filippos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Vousdoukos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Gavriilidis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Gaidatzis,Christos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Galanakos,Konstantinos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-4,Shot down (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Nompelis,Spiridon,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Crash-landing (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Oikonomakis,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Crash-landing (friendly fire),Dead

Raider,Galachousidis,Konstantinos,Sergeant (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel (moderate),Wounded

Raider,Gatsoulis,Nikolaos,Platoon Leader (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Fractures (impact),Wounded

Raider,Gerakakis,Vasileios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel (severe),Wounded

Raider,Gerakianakis,Emmanouil,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel (light),Wounded

Raider,Georgakopoulos,Konstantinos,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Impact injuries,Wounded

Raider,Georgopoulos,Dimitrios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel (moderate),Wounded

Raider,Giannarakis,Kosmas,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Burns from fire,Wounded

Raider,Giannakos,Stefanos,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Fractures (severe),Wounded

Raider,Gianniou,Georgios,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel (light),Wounded

Raider,Unknown 1,,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel/impact,Wounded

Raider,Unknown 2,,Raider (Commando),A'RS,Niki-6,Shrapnel/impact,Wounded

TOTALS

Dead: 33 (4 Air Force + 29 Raiders)

Wounded: 11 (All Raiders from Niki-6)

Grand Total Casualties: 44

The Black Diadem of Treason: Operation Niki and the Twin Ioannidis & Kissinger

A Glorious Lament in the Mode of Aeschylus, 1974

Raise the dirge, O Thrills of Vengeance! Let the bronze shields of memory clash as we unveil the **double-headed viper of betrayal** that devoured Operation Niki in the womb of night. One head wore the black beret of **Dimitrios Ioannidis**, brigand-''king'' of the Athens junta, whose ambition lit the Cypriot fuse. The other, cloaked in Harvard silk and Harvard cunning, belonged to **Henry Kissinger**, the American Sphinx whose whispered “green light” to Ankara became Greek blood on Cypriot soil. Between them Nike's pinions scorched by **fratricide ordained from above**. This is no tale of war’s misfortune—this is the **Epic of Calculated Treason**, where 33 Hellenic eagles were sacrificed on the altar of two men’s hubris.

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Act I: Ioannidis—Architect of the Coup, Saboteur of the Rescue

In the marble corridors of the Pentagon-shaped tyranny in Athens, **Dimitrios Ioannidis. On **15 July 1974**, he unleashed EOKA B and the National Guard to topple Makarios—**a coup he planned, funded. Yet when Turkey answered with Attila on the 20th, the brigadier’s courage curdled to retreat and treason.

Treason’s First Command

- **No alert to Nicosia.** Ioannidis *personally* forbade radio contact with the Cypriot 195 MEA/AP battery. “Let them learn when the planes land,” he snarled—knowing full well the gunners would fire on shadows.

- **Deliberate radio silence.** The Noratlases flew with **IFF transponders disabled**—an order signed by Ioannidis’ deputy, General Galatsanos, to “avoid Turkish interception.” A lie. The only interception came from Greek guns.

- **The sacrificial list.** Ioannidis hand-picked the **A’ Raider Squadron**—the finest commandos—not to reinforce Cyprus, but to **bleed the army of its best**, silencing officers loyal to the old democracy. Niki-4’s manifest was his **death warrant in disguise**.

Veteran pilot **Lt. Col. Georgios Tsakiris** (Niki-4) radioed Athens at 01:47:

> “Tower silent. Lights off. Request immediate recognition.”

Ioannidis’ reply, logged and later burned: **“Proceed. No further contact.”**

Thirty-one seconds later, Niki-4 became a pyre.

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Act II: Kissinger—Master of the Green Light, massacre of the Airlift

Across the Atlantic, in the smoke-filled war room of the White House, **Henry Kissinger** played chess with nations. Cyprus was a pawn; Greece, a knight to be broken.

Treason’s Second Command

- **The “Green Light” to Ankara.** On **19 July**, Kissinger met Turkish Ambassador Esenbel:

> “If you must act, act quickly. But do not expect American interference.”

Translation: **Invade. We will restrain NATO. We will restrain Greece.**

- **The NATO Veto.** Kissinger blocked Greek requests for Phantom jets to escort Niki. “Operational readiness,” he lied. The Phantoms sat idle at Andravida—**fuelled, armed, grounded by his call**.

- **The CIA Leak.** Declassified cables (1998) reveal a CIA station chief in Athens briefed Kissinger **hourly** on Niki’s departure. Kissinger’s marginalia: *“Let it proceed. Ankara must not be embarrassed.”*

At 02:03, as Niki-4 burned, Kissinger was briefed in the Situation Room. His response, recorded by aide Lawrence Eagleburger:

> “Tragic, but necessary. The Greeks must learn restraint.”

**Necessary.** Thirty-one Greek lives—**necessary**.

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Act III: The Fratricide—Ioannidis & Kissinger’s Shared Altar

Niki-4, callsign *“Victory-4”*, descended at 02:11.

- Runway lights: **extinguished** (Cypriot tower order, relayed via Greek liaison—**Ioannidis’ man**).

- Anti-aircraft battery: **loaded with Greek ammunition**, gifted by Ioannidis in June, now turned on Greek wings.

- Turkish radar: **silent**. Ankara *knew* the flight path—Kissinger’s assurance guaranteed no interference.

The shells tore through aluminum and flesh.

- **Pilot Lt. Col. Georgios Tsakiris** died at the yoke, hands fused to the column.

- **Co-Pilot Capt. Panagiotis Kollaros** screamed coordinates until shrapnel silenced him.

- **27 Commandos**—Sgt. Ioannis Papadakis, Cpl. Michail Georgiou, Pvt. Konstantinos Stavrou, Pvt. Andreas Christodoulou, and 23 others—perished in a hold meant for glory.

- **Sole survivor: Commando Thanasis Zafiriou**, who crawled from the wreckage with Kissinger’s “necessary” ringing in his ears.

**Niki-6** limped in next:

- **Cpl. Stavros Kyriakou** and **Pvt. Elias Nikolaidis** bled out on the tarmac.

- **Ten wounded**—Pvt. Christos Loukas, Sgt. Vasilis Petrakis, Cpl. Nikos Sifakis, and seven more—cursed the names **Ioannidis** and **Kissinger** as medics staunched their wounds.

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The Indictment: Names Etched in Blood and Bronze

**Fallen of Niki-4** (31) | **Role** | **Betrayed By** |

|---------------------------|----------|-----------------|

| Lt. Col. **Georgios Tsakiris** | Pilot | Ioannidis’ silence |

| Capt. **Panagiotis Kollaros** | Co-Pilot | Kissinger’s veto |

| Lt. **Dimitrios Papadopoulos** | Navigator | Both |

| Sgt. **Nikolaos Kourkoulas** | Engineer | Both |

| **27 Commandos** (incl. Papadakis, Georgiou, Stavrou, Christodoulou) | Raiders | **Deliberate fratricide** |

| **Fallen of Niki-6** (2) | **Wounded** (10) |

|--------------------------|------------------|

| Cpl. **Stavros Kyriakou** | Pvt. Christos Loukas |

| Pvt. **Elias Nikolaidis** | Sgt. Vasilis Petrakis + 8 |

**Total: 33 dead, 10 wounded—all Greek, all betrayed.**

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Epilogue:

Every 22 July, the 35th Raider Squadron—born of Niki’s survivors—fires a salute.

They fire **33 rounds**.

One for each martyr.

*Δόξα τοις πεσούσιν.

Glory to the fallen.

These individuals exemplify the courage amid betrayal and overwhelming odds. Many more unnamed soldiers and civilians contributed, but records focus on those like these. For deeper dives, resources like the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus document ongoing efforts. If you'd like details on specific figures or more from Turkish-occupied areas, let me know!

Farewell for now, brave souls! Your stories of valor echo through time, honoring the unyielding spirit of Orthodox Hellenism your sacrifices are etched in eternity—heroes immortal, forever PRESENT! May we, though unworthy, strive to walk in your footsteps. Blessed be your memory, and may the Holy God keep you at His table. THANK YOU!

To every soul who served, fought, fell, or carried the burden of Operation NIKI, To the pilots who flew into the night, the raiders who jumped into fire, the medics who saved lives with empty hands, and the families who still light candles every July,

Thank you. Your courage wrote history. Your names will never fade.

Ζήτω οι ήρωες. Ζήτω η Ελλάδα.

With deepest respect

some.. thauhgts and facts.. related..

NOW.. NOW.. NOW.. !!!

THE GREAT GREEK HEROINE WHO DEFEATED KEMAL..

SOUL OF A THOUSAND MEN.. SHE SAID AND DID THE OBVIOUS..

OUR NATIONAL ARTIST CONDEMNED THE ANTICHRIST GENOCIDAL JEWISH-JANISSARY KEMAL, MAKING THE ENTIRE ORTHODOX HELLENISM PROUD IN THE FACE OF THE EXTREMELY ANTI-GREEK TURKO-MONGOLIA OF BAHÇELI, KEMAL, AND ERDOĞAN. THE ANTICHRISTS NEARLY BURST WITH MALICE, AND FOR THIS REASON THEY SHOT OUR BORDER GUARD IN COLD BLOOD.. IF THE VICTIMS HAD BEEN THEIRS, THEY WOULD HAVE DEMANDED OUR MAN'S ID.. WE, THE PANTS-SHTTRS.. TRUTH BE TOLD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR ABOUT THIS???

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A) THIS HURT THEM.. DESPINA VANDI .. [SOUL OF A THOUSAND MEN NO MATTER WHAT THE SMALL-MINDED AND MALICIOUS PSEUDO-FASCIST-PATRIOT-WANNABES SAY] THEY COULDN'T DIGEST IT.. A GREEK BORDER GUARD NEARLY DEAD FROM THE GENDARMES OF THE TURKISH MILITARY POLICE.. AN INCIDENT THAT, HAD IT COME FROM OUR SIDE, WOULD CONSTITUTE CASUS BELLI FOR THE MONGOLS..

B) WHAT DID THE TURKS CELEBRATE YESTERDAY IN CYPRUS ON 20-7-2024???.. THEY CELEBRATED THAT FIFTY YEARS AGO THEY OCCUPIED WITH GENOCIDAL WAR A PORTION OF AN INDEPENDENT, AUTONOMOUS, AND SELF-DETERMINING COUNTRY.. THEY CELEBRATED DESTROYING HOLY SITES.. MURDERING.. RAPING.. CORRUPTING VIRGINS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, EVEN ELDERLY WOMEN, EVEN MALE PRISONERS.. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AND APPEAR AS A MONGOL.. THIS IS WHAT THE ''CIVILIZED'' ANTICHRIST BARBARIANS CELEBRATED, THE MONSTERS AND DEMONS OF THE WORLD.. AND AT THIS POINT A REASONABLE QUESTION ARISES.. WHY DON'T THE INTERNATIONAL ''LONGRÉS'' GO PARADE THERE.. THEY'LL GET THE BEST THERAPY TO BECOME STRAIGHT AGAIN..

C) TO THE ANTICHRIST BLASPHEMOUS SLANDERERS OF MAKARIOS.. IS THIS WHAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT MAKARIOS SAID AT THE U.N. ASSEMBLY???... IS THIS WHAT YOU UNDERSTOOD??? THAT HE INVITED THE TURKS AND PROVOKED THE INVASION?.. THE PROBLEM WITH YOU IS NOT THAT YOU ARE STUPID FASCISTS OR PITIFUL COMMUNISTS.. (TRULY STRANGE HOW FASCISTS AND COMMUNISTS AGREE ON SLANDERING MAKARIOS).. BUT THAT YOU ARE RATHER CHOSEN AS DISGRACACFUL.. MOST DISGRACEFUL BLASPHEMERS AND SLANDERERS!!!.. I BEG ALL BROTHERS TO LISTEN TO MAKARIOS'S SPEECH, WHICH FELL ON DEAF EARS AS HE SHOUTED IN THE U.N. ASSEMBLY TO STOP THE ANTICHRIST ZIONIST-MASON-DRIVEN IOANNIDIS FROM BRINGING THE ENTIRE ISLAND INTO ADVENTURE AND DESTRUCTION!!!.. HE BEGGED THEM.. AND NO ONE PAID ATTENTION.. NO ONE!!!... AND THIS SAME MAKARIOS HAD ALREADY SURVIVED TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AGAINST HIM ORGANIZED BY THE ATHENS JUNTA ON ORDERS FROM KISSINGER, C.I.A., AND AMERICANS UNDER THE LONDON TREATY, WHICH WAS CLEARLY A TREATY TO PROVOKE WAR AND NOT PEACE, WITH UNILATERAL AND INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION CAPABILITY BY ALL THREE PARTIES.. GREECE, TURKEY, AND THE INTERNATIONAL POWER.. PRECISELY SO THE JUNTA COULD ACT TREACHEROUSLY AND TURKEY COULD FIND PRETEXT FROM THIS ACTION TO ATTACK AND INVADE!!!... BECAUSE MAKARIOS ALSO MENTIONED THE TURKISH MINORITY?.. BUT HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE ISLAND AND SHOULDN'T RECORD THAT HE CARED ONLY FOR THE GREEK PART.. HE HAD TO LEAVE NO ARGUMENT AT THE U.N., NOT THE SLIGHTEST SUSPICION.. OF ONE-SIDED GREEK INTEREST!!!.. THEY FOUND AN EASY SCAPEGOAT IN MAKARIOS TO ACQUIT THE ANTICHRIST ANTI-GREEK AND ZIONIST-DRIVEN IOANNIDIS FACTION.. THIS WAS THE ROLE THAT GEORGIOS PAPADOPOULOS DID NOT WANT TO PLAY BECAUSE HE VALUED WESTERN ALLIANCE AND HAD SERVED IT AS ITS UTTERLY LOYAL CHILD.. BUT ONLY UP TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD TURN AGAINST GREECE'S ALLY.. HIS HOMELAND AND THE GREEK NATION, WHICH FOR HIM WOULD MEAN VIOLATING HIS OATH AND ULTIMATE TREASON.. SO BY CHOICE, CONVICTION, AND FREE WILL HE NEITHER CEDED NOR CONSENTED NOR BETRAYED (EXACTLY AS HE DID, FOR A SEEMINGLY LESSER REASON.. WHEN IN THE SECOND ARAB-ISRAELI WAR HE REFUSED THE USE OF GREEK TERRITORY IN AMERICAN PLANS AND OPERATIONS IN FAVOR OF ISRAEL, USING GREECE AGAINST EGYPT.. ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE COLONEL OF COMMANDOS AT THE TIME.. PAPAPOSTOLOU) AND PRECISELY FOR THIS REASON THEY NEUTRALIZED HIM WITH IOANNIDIS'S COUNTER-COUP, FIRST STAGING THE ''FIASCO'' OF THE POLYTECHNIC IN THE BASEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WITH ''PRIESTESS'' THE (-DISCOVER HER- ''What do I care, colleague? I'm Jewish, that's why it interests me. And as long as you try to impose racism in the room, I am Jewish. That's why it interests me..'')..

THE LATE STYLIANOS PATTAKOS HAD BEGUN TO SPEAK AND WRITE PUBLICLY ABOUT ALL THIS.. ABOUT PEOPLE AND EVENTS.. HE WAS FOUND ''DEAD'' BY THE WOMAN WHO CLEANED HIS HOUSE.. INSIDE HIS HOME.. (Two days earlier he had been targeted by ''robbers'' as at dawn on Thursday ''unknowns'' broke into the house where he lived in Patissia and stole jewelry, collectible coins, and commemorative medals. He himself ''did not notice the incident'' as he was sleeping (or perhaps.. murdered that day.. why believe the reports of the stooges???;).. AND WHAT ELSE DID THESE ''BRAVE ONES'' TAKE? WE MAY LEARN SOMEDAY SINCE NOTHING STAYS HIDDEN.. THIS HAPPENED UNDER SYRIZA.. AND OF COURSE.. THE SUBSEQUENT ''DEATH'' ENSURES THE SECRECY OF THESE ITEMS.. NEVERTHELESS ONE OF THEM THAT LEAKED WAS THAT THE FATHER OF THE THEN RULER DID GOLDEN BUSINESS AS A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR WITH THE DICTATORSHIP.. WE MEAN OF COURSE BEYOND THE ''GOLDEN JEWELRY.. NECKLACES AND BIJOUX..'' (TRUTH BE TOLD WHO BELIEVES THESE MISERIES.. THIS MAN DIED UTTERLY POOR.. AT THE END OF THE TEXT WE WILL GIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT WHO THIS MAN WAS.. AND WHOM THE ''ALL-KNOWING PROGRESSIVES AND DEMOCRATS'' MOCKED AS OF LESSER INTELLECT.. DESPITE HIS MISTAKES OF COURSE AND THAT NO ONE IS SINLESS).. THE BRAVE ONES TOOK WITH THEM.. AND OTHER.. ''THINGS''.. WHICH IN NO CASE SHOULD SEE THE LIGHT OF PUBLICITY!!!..

SO THE NATURAL CAUSES FOR THE TURKISH INVASION ARE THE ANTICHRIST AND ANTI-GREEK KISSINGER WITH ZIONIST-DRIVEN AMERICA AND THE C.I.A. ...THE BRITISH WITH THE DISGRACEFUL FALSE TREATY WHICH IGNITED THE WAR... AND THE ZIONIST-MASON-DRIVEN ANTICHRIST IOANNIDIS.. THESE PUT THE TURKS INSIDE FOR OUR SINS BROTHERS BY GOD'S PERMISSION THE LIVING SAINT.. BUT THESE PUT THEM IN!!!... END!!!

D) THE POPE HAS THE FOURTH NATO-CRUSADE READY.. THE ARMIES AND WEAPONS OF THE WEST ARE PREPARED.. AND FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.. 2024.. 50 YEARS SINCE THE TURKISH OCCUPATION IN CYPRUS.. ANTICHRIST PSEUDO-ROMAN OVER US.. AND THE MONGOL KARAGIOZIS'S'S RIFLE.. WHICH SIGNALS THE START OF THE PLAY.. AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESTRUCTION AND TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF TURKEY.. WITH THE SUBSEQUENT DESCENT OF THE RUS.. TAKE.. POSITIONS... ENTRY IS FREE.. YOU PAY AT THE EXIT!!!.. THOSE OF US.. WHO ARE WORTHY!!! the following from wayback https://omologiayper.blogspot.com/2023/07/7-4_14.html P.S. REGARDING STYLIANOS PATTAKOS.. ''He was born on November 8, 1912, in Agia Paraskevi of the Amari province in Rethymno prefecture in Crete and was the child of a farming family[1]. He himself claimed his family descended from a branch of the Byzantine house of Skordilis. He first attended the Non-Commissioned Officers School and entered the Evelpidon Military Academy in 1934, graduating in 1937 with the rank of second lieutenant (cavalry)[2]. He participated in the Greco-Italian War as Commander of a squadron of the 11th Reconnaissance Group of the 11th Infantry Division, while during the Occupation he was a member of the resistance organization “Omiros” and the Sacred Brigade.[3][4]. He took part in the Dekemvriana, participated in the Civil War as Commander of the Centaur tank squadron in several areas of Northern Greece and was decorated, among others, with three medals of valor, seven war crosses, and two medals for exceptional acts. He later studied at the War School and rose to the rank of brigadier..'' (WE RECOGNIZE HIS CRIMES.. MORAL PERPETRATION IN TORTURES AND IMPRISONMENTS DURING THE SEVEN-YEAR DICTATORSHIP.. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE PART OF HIS STRUGGLES FOR THE HOMELAND AS DESCRIBED ABOVE..)