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ECCLESIASTICAL.
ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS, BELIEF T H E POPULATION OF CYPRUS
IN 1901, COMPRISED:
Autonomous Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cvprus ... ••• -•• •-• 182,739
Mahomedans
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Holy See ( Armenians. Cat-wtie —.
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Church of England ...
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Presbyterians
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Of the Eastern Orthodox Church there are in all 607 Churches of which—
195 are in the District of Nicosia.
93 are in the District of Famagusta.
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Larnaca.
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Papho.
122 „ „ Limassoi.
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Kyrenia.
There are also 29 nou-cifinobitical Monasteries dependent on che Archiepiscopal See.
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There are also the following ccenobitical Monasteries :—
The Monascerv of Kykko I , , ,
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Hagios Taphos a branch of die Monastery of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mount Sinai a branch of the Monastery on Mount Sinai.
Hagios Neophytes dependent on the Archiepiscopal See.
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aud ai-io two Minor Monasteries in die District of Limassoi.
Of Mussulman religious institutions there are in che Islaud :—
20) Mosques and Mesjids or small Mosques (without a miuarec).
|."> Tckyeha or Convents or Chapels of Dervishes, and
•i Medrcssehs or seminaries.
PUcrilinti-d :is under :
Xicosia T o w n and Discricc ...
... 69 Mosques and Mesjids, 6 Tekyehs, 6 Medressehs.
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Papho "District;
Kyrenia Discricc
Tlie Maronites are under che authority of an Archbishop residing in Syria; fche Roman Cachoiics and Armenian
Catholics under che Lacin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Tlie Sisters of che French Order of St. Joseph of the Apparition have a Convent, School, and dispensary at Larnaca,
and Convents and Schools ac Nicosia and ac Limassoi.
The Monks of die Franciscan Order have a Monascerv, two Churches and a School at Larnaca, and Monasteries with
Schools attached at Nicosia aud Limassoi. They depend on the " Custodia " of Terra Santa.
The Maronites have eight Churches and four Monasteries in the Island.
The Armenians have a Church at Nicosia, and a Monastery aud Chapel in the Kyrenia Discricc.
There arc cwo Church of England Churches, chose of Sc. Paul at Nicosia and St. Helen ac Larnaca. There is also a
dedicated Churchfi«<oinac Famagnsta.
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C A L E N D A R .
Tbe undermentioned Calendar Years commence at rhe dates specified in the Gregorian Year 1909
I. Ottoman Kcclesiastical the Hejira, 1327 begins 23rd January, 1909.
2. Ottoman Financial. 1325 begins 14th March, 1909.
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1909 begins Uth January, 1909.
+. Armenian Kcclesiastical, 13-39 begins 24th August, 1909.
•3. Armenian National. 4402 begins 19th August, 1909.
6. Israelite, 5670 begins 16th September, 1909.