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RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c.
Denomination
Estimated total
nnmber of
followers.
Nnmber of
Churches
or Chapels.
I (iross amount
of Assistance
i to denomination
or mission from
1 Public Funds, if anv.
Remarks.
Autocephalous
Chnrch of
Cyprus
Greek-Orthodox
Moslem
Maronites
Latin Catholics
Armenian
Gregorian
Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protestants
Jews
245.000
«I,-J 00
1,400
1,000
1,200
450
100
250
200
659 Churches
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Oucnobitical
Monasteries
202 Mosques
15 Tekyes or
Convents of
Dervishes
8 Seminaries
8 Churches
4 Monasteries
3 Churches
2 Convents
3 Monasteries
2 Churches
1 Monastery
3 Churches
2 Church Rooms
1 Church
1 Church Room
1 Synagogue
1 Room
This is the Church of the Island, the
second in Antiquity of Christian
Churches.
The only other significant Religion*
Communitv.
Under the Archbishop of Syria.
Under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Under the Armenian Patriarch of Con–
stantinople.
Under the Bishop- in-Jernsalem. At
the District Towns, for the Official
Community, etc.
The Reformed Presbyterians at Larnaca
and Nicosia.
No places of worship, attend • either
Church of England or Presbyterian.
A settlement at Margo and a fetv
at Cbomlekji ami Kontea.
N O T E . — This Island is not adapted for Missionary "Work as usually understood and in that sense there is practically
none, nor does anv Denomination receive State Aid.
C A L E N D A R . .
The undermentioned Calendar Years coiun.ence at the dates specified iu the Gregorian Year 19"2."» :—
1. Ottoman Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1344 begins 22nd July, 1925.
2. Ottoman Financial, 13-41 begins 19th January, 1925.*
3. Julian or " Old Style," 1925 begins U t h January, 1025.
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1375 begins 24th August, 1925.
5. Armenian National, 4418 begins loth August, 1925.
• NOTK.-
As shown in the
ano the Gret-k
new Turkish Calendars the Angora Government has adopted the Western New Year'.* Daj
c-Orthodox Church has also adopted the '" N e w Style " except a* rt-eards Easter.