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RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, Ac.
Denomination
Autocephalous
Chnrch of
Cyprus
Christian Orthodox
Moslems
Maronites
Lacins
Armenian
Gregorians
Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protescant3
.Tews
Unclassified
Estimated total
number of
followers.
276,572
G-i.238
1,704
851
3,377
603
125
830
75
8-1
- Number
of
Churches
or Chapels.
659 Churches
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Ccenobitical
Monasteries
202 Mosques
15 Tekyes or
Convents of
Dervishes
8 Seminaries
11 Churches
4 Monasteries
3 Churches
3 Convei'.ts
3 Monasceries
2 Churches
1 Moaasterv
mt
4 Churches
2 Church Rooms
1 Church
"I Chnrch R o o m
~
2 School Rooms
—
Gross amount
of Assistance
to denomination
or mission from
Public Funds, If
any.
—
—
—
—
- ' ~ -
"
.—*.
3
Remarks.
This is the Church of the Island, tht
second in Antiquity of Christian
Churches.
The only other significant Religious
Community.
Under che Archbishop of Syria.
Under che Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Under che Armenian Patriarch (" Catho-
licos") of Cilicia.
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, actend either
Chnrch of Englaud or Presbyterian.
At Chomlekji and 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 Scate Aid.
C A L E N D A R .
The undermentioned Calendar Years commence ac the daces specified in the Gregorian Year 1932 :—
1. Mohammedan Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1351, begins 7th May, 1932.
2. Turkish Financial, 1343, begins Uth March. 1932.*
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1932, begins U c h January, 1932.*
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1382, begins 24th August, 1932.
5. Armenian National, 4425, begins 16th August, 1932.
* N O T * . — The Angora Government has adopted the Western N e w Year's Day and the Greek-Orthodox Church
also adopted tbe '* N e w Style " except as regards Easter and the " movable leasts " dependent on it.
has