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ECCLESIASTICAL.
ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS, BELIEF THE POPULATION OF CYPRUS
IN 1901, COMPRISED:
In Union
-.v;;h the
Holv See
Autonomous Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Mahomedans
Maronites...
Roniaii Ci'OiLilics
Armenian-. Catholic ...
Armenians. Oresrorian ...
Church of England
Presbyterians
Wesleyans...
Lutherans...
Druse
Unitarians
Hebrew; ...
Of the Eastern Orthodox Church there are in all 607 Churches of which—
19.3 are in the Distric: of Nicosia.
93 are in the District of Famagusta.
69 .. ,, Larnaca.
91 ., .. Papho.
122 .. ., Limassoi.
37 .. .. Kvrenia.
There are also 29 nou-coc-nobicica! Monasteries dependent on the Archiepiscopal See.
25
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.. on the See 'A the Metropolitan Bishop of Papho.
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,. Kitium.
lo
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,. Kyrenia.
There are also the following ccenobitical Monasteries :—
The Monasterv of Kvkko j
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Hagios Tap'uos a branch of the Monastery of tbe Holy Sepulchre.
Mount Siuai a branch of the Mouastery on Mount Sinai.
Hagios Neophytes dependent on the Archiepiscopal See.
Chrysorroiatissa ..
See of che Metropolitan Bishop of Papho.
Trooditissa
..
..
,.
Hagios Pautcleimon ..
..
.. .. Kyrenia ;
and also two Minor Mi masteries in the District of Limasse'l.
Of Mussulman religious institutio::- tliere are in the Island :—
20.) M.K'jues and Mesjids or smaii M--'jues -without a minaret>.
lo Tekyeiis or Couveuts or Chai-els o" Dervishes, and
* MedrerSehs or seminaries.
Distributed as un-ler:
Nicosia T o w n and District ...
... 69 Mosques and Mesjids. 6 Tekyehs. 6 Medressehs.
Larnaca District
...
... 21
..
3 .. 0
182.739
51.309
1.130
824
'26
491
364
13
4
1
1
1
118
237,022
Limassoi District ... ...
... 16
.,
1
1
Famagusta District ... ...
... 44
..
3
0
Papho District ... ...
... 33
.,
1 ,. 1
Kyrenia District ... ...
... 17
.,
1 ,, 0
The Maronites are under the authority of an Archbishop residing in Syria : the R o m a n Catholics and Armenian
Catholics under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
The Sisters of che French Order or St. Joseph of the Apparition have a Convent, School, and dispensary ac Larnaca.
and Convents and Schools ac Nicosia and ac Limassoi.
The Monks of the Franciscan Order have a Monastery, two Churches and a School at Larnaca, and Monasteries with
Schools attached at Nicosia and Limassoi. They depend on the * Cnscodia " of Terra Santa.
The Maronites have eight Churches and four Monasteries in the Island.
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The Armenians have a Church Sourp Asdvadzadziu ac Nicosia, and a Monastery Sourp Magar and Chapel in the
Kyrenia District.
There are two Church of England Churches. :h«.se of St. Paul at Nicosia and St. Helen at Larnaca. There is also a
dedicated Church R o o m at Famagusta.
CALENDAR.
The undermentioned Calendar Years commence at rhe elate- specified in tbe Gregorian Year 1910 :—
1. Ottoman Ecclesiastical the Hejira, 132-i begins 12th January, 1910.
2. Ottoman Financial, 1326 logins Uth March. 1910.
3. Julian or " Old Style," 1910 begins 14th January. 1910.
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1360 begins 24th August. 1910.
•5. Annenian National. 4403 besriiis 19ch August. 1910.
6. Israelite. 5671 begins 4th October. 1910.
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