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168.
RETURN OF CHCIRCHES. CHAPELS, GRANTS, Ac.
Denomination
Zatim.-UfM
r*>cai
number of
followers.
Numher of
Clliurchcs
or
Chapels.
u Miss
amount
of Assistance
to denomination
or mission from
Public Funds, if any.
Remarks.
Autocephalous
Church of
Cyprus
Greek-Orthodox
Moslem
243,000
Maronites
Latin Catholics
Armenian
Gresrorian
Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protestants
Jews
61,400
1,400
1,000
1,200
450
100
250
200
659 Churches
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Ccenobitical
Monasteries
202 Mosques
15 Tekyes or
Convents of
Dervishes
8 Seminaries
8 Churches
4 Monasteries
C Churches
2 Convents
3 Monasteries
2 Churches
I Monastery
3 Churches
2 Church Rooms
1 Church
1 Church R o o m
1 Synagogue
1 R o o m
j 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-Jerusalem. At
the District Towns, for the Official
Community, etc.
The Reformed Presbyterians at Larnaca
and Nicosia.
N'o places of worship, attend eitb«r
Church of England or Presbyterian.
A settlement at Margo and a few
at Chomlekji and Kontea.
N O T B . — This Island is not adapted for Missionary W o r k as usually understood and in that sense there is practically
none, nor does any Denomination receive State Aid.
C A L E N D A R .
The undermentioned Calendar Years commence at the dates specified in the Gregorian Year 1925 :—
1. Ottoman Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1345 begins 10th July, 1926.
2. Ottoman Financial, 1342 begins U t h January, 1926.*
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1925 begins U t h January, 1926.
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1376 begins 24th August, 1926.
5. Armenian National, 4419 begins loth August, 1926.
• N O T K . — As shown in the new Turkish Calendars the Angora Government has adopted the Western N e w Year's Day
and the Greek-Orthodox Chnrch has also adopted the " N e w Style " except as regards Easter.