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ECCLESIASTICAL.
ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS BELIEF T H E POPULATION OF CYPRUS
IN 1911 COMPRISED:
Autocephalous Church of Cyprus (Orthodox)
Mohammedans
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» Catholics
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Armen
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an
Catholics ...
| Greek Catbolics
Armenians. Gregorian...
Church of England
Protestants
Presbyterians
Wesleyans...
Jews
Of the Autocephalus Church of Cyprus there are in all 657 Churches, of which—
133 are in the Diocese of the Archbishop.
160 are in the Diocese of the Bishop of Kitium.
112 \ .. „
Bishop of Paphos. V02
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„ ., Kyrenia.
There are also 29 non-ccenobitical Monasteries dependent on the Archiepiscopal See.
23
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„ on the See of the Metropolitan of Paphos.
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Kitium.
13
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Kyrema.
214,480
56,428
1,073
815
9
1
549
397
126
25
12
193
274,108
'"* There are also the followiu-** ccenobitical Monasteries :—
The Monastery of Kykkos I Independent as regards their internal affairs, but under the spiritual jurisdiction of
„
Maclucra J the Archbishop.
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Hagios .Veophytos, dependent on the Archiepiscopal See.
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Chrysorroiatissa „
See of the Metropolitan of Paphos.
.,
Trooditissa
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Hagios Panteleimou „
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Kyrenia.
Stavrovounio/i
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Kicium ;
and also two minor monasteries in the District of Limassoi.
Of Mussulman religious institutions there are in the Island:— ..<__._ *•;.*.-:- _
3
200 Mo«|ues. and Mesjids^or small Mosques (-vidioixG a minaret)..', _ '-.IZ'-Ji.:••-
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15 Tekyesor Convents p£ Chapels of l>err:she-vand .^ ^ j . - - ^
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S Medreses or Seminaries,
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distributed as under : - -
Nicosia T o w n and District ... ... 69 Mosques and Mesjids, 6 Tekyes, 6 Medreses.
Larnaca District ... ... ... 21
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3 ., 0 „
Lima**sol IHscrict ... ... ... 16
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1 „ 1 „
Famagusta District ... ... ... 44
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3 „ 0 „
Paphos District ... ... ... 33
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1 „ 1 „
Kyrenia District ... ... ... 17
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1 „ 0 „
The Maronites are under the authority of an Archbishop residing in Syria; the Roman Catholics and Armenian
Catholics under the Latin Patriarch of .Jerusalem.
The Sisters of the French Order of St. Joseph of the Apparition have a Convent, School, and dispensary at Larnaca.
and Convents aud Schools at Nicosia and at Limassoi.
The Friars of che Franciscan Order have a Convent two Churches and a School at Larnaca, and Convent with Schools
attached at Nicosia and Limassoi. They depend ou the " Custodia " of Terra Santa.
The Maronites have eight Churches and four Monasteries in the Island.
The Armenians have a Church, Surp Asdvadzadzin. ac Nicosia, and a Monastery, Surp Magar, and Chapel in the
Kyrenia District.
There are three Anglican Churches, those of St. Paul at Nicosia, St. Helen at Larnaca, and one at Limassoi. There
are dedicated Church Rooms at Famagusta, Kyrenia, and Troodos.
CALENDAR.
The undermentioned Calendar Years commence at the dates specified in the Gregorian Year 1916 :—
1. Ottoman Ecclesiastical the Hejira, 1335 begins 20th October, 1916.
2. Ottoman Financial, 1332 begins 14th March. 1916.
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1916 begins 14th January. 1916.
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1366 begins 24th August, 1916.
5. Armenian National, 4410 begins 19th August, 1916.