Archbishop Makarios: 54 years since his assassination attempt – they opened fire on his helicopter

Shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday 8 March 1970, immediately after taking off from the courtyard of the Archdiocese, in the , the helicopter that would carry him to the Mahaira Monastery, to perform the annual memorial of the hero of the EECA Gregory Axeniou, was fired by automatic weapons. Artillery Major Zacharia Papadogiannis of origin […]