Ma·kar·i·os III 
(mə-kărē-əs, -ōs′, mä-kärē-ôs) Originally Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos. 1913-1977.
(mə-kărē-əs, -ōs′, mä-kärē-ôs) Originally Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos. 1913-1977. Cypriot prelate and politician. Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus (1950-1977), he supported the political unification of Cyprus and Greece and was the first president of independent Cyprus (1959-1977).