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RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c.
Denomination
Estimated total
number of
followers.
Number of
Churches
or Chapels.
Gross amount
of Assistance
to denomination
or mission from
Public fundi, if any.
Remarks,
Autocephalous
Chnrch of
Cvprus
Christian Orthodox
Moslems
Maronites
Latins
Armenian
Gregorians
Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protestants
Jews
Unclassified
282,225
64.725
1,750
850
3,450
600
125
330
70
90
659 Churches
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Ccenobitical
Monasceries*
222 Mosoues
10 Tekyes or
Convents of
Dervishes
8 Seminaries
11 Churches
4 Monasteries
3 Churches
6 Chapels
3 Converts
3 Monasteries
2 Churches
1 Chapel
1 Monastery
4 Churches
2 Church Rooms
1 Church
1 Church R o o m
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2 School R o o m s
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
This is the Chnrch of the Island, tha
second in Antiquity of Christum
Churches.
"Mostly withoat resident priests. Served
once a year from the adjacent village.
The only other significant Religiout
Community.
Tinder the Archbishop of Syria.
Under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Under the Armenian Patriarch (" Catho-
licos") of Cilicia.
Under the Bishop-in-Jerosalem. Situated
at the District Towns, for the Official
Community, etc.
T h e Reformed Presbyterians at Larnaca
and Nicosia.
N o places of worship, attend either
Church of England or Presbyterian.
At Chomlekji and Kondea.
N O T K . — 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 commence at the dates specified in the Gregorian Year 1933
1. M o h a m m e d a n Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1352, begins 26th April, 1933.
2. Turkish Financial, 1349, begins U t h March, 1933.*
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1933, begins U t h January, 1933.*
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1383, begins 24th August, 1933.
5. Armenian National, 4426, begins 16th August, 1933.
* N O T E . — The Angora Government has adopted the Western N e w Year's Day and the Greek-Orthodox Church has
also adopced the " N e w Style " except as regards Easter and the *' movable feasts " dependent on it.