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RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c.
Denomination
Estimated total
namber oi
followers.
Number of
Churches
or Chapels.
Grots amoant
of Assistance
to denomination
or mission from
Public Funds, if anj-.
Remarks.
Autocephalous
Church of
Cyprus
Christian Orthodox
Moslems
285,630
Maronites
Latins
Armenian
Gregorians
Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protestants
Jews
Unclassi6ed
65.010
1,700
840
3,-190
600
120
300
80
659 Churches
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Ccenobitical
Monasteries*
222 Mosques
10 Tekves or
*
Convents of
Dervishes
3 Seminaries
11 Churches
4 Monasteries
3 Churches
6 Chapels
3 Convents
3 Monasteries
2 Churches
1 Chapel
1 Monastery
4 Churches
2 Church B o o m s
1 Cl-urch
1 Church R o o m
2 School R o o m s
This is the Church of the Island, the
second in Antiquity of Christian
Churches.
•Mostly without resident priests. Served
once a year from the adjacent village.
The only other significant religion!
community.
Under the Archbishop of Syria.
Under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Under the Armenian Patriarch (" Cacho*
licos") of Cilicia.
Under the Bishop-in-Jernsalem. Situated
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.
At Chomlekji and Kouklia.
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 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 1934
1. Mohammedan Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1353, begins 15th April, 1934.
2. Turkish Financial, lioO, begins 14th March, 1934.*
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1934, begins 14th January, 1934.*
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1384, begins 24th August, 1934.
5. Armenian National, 4427, begins 16th August, 1934.
N O T E . — The Angora Government has adopted the Western N e w Year's Day and the Greek-Orthodox Church bas
also adopted tbe " N e w Style " except as regards Easter and the •' movable feasts " dependent on it.