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RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c.
Denomination
Estimated total
aumber of
followers.
Number ot
Churche*
or Chapelt.
tiruo* amount
o( Ansistance
to lienominatioa
or miMion from
Public Fund*. It an**.
Remarks.
Autocephalous
Chacch of
Cyprus
Christiau Orthodox
Moslems
Maronites
Latins
Armenian
Gregorians
•Church of England
Presbyterians
Other Protestants
jews
Unclassified
293,200
65.590
1,850
660
3,360
600
130
180
70
70
659 Churches -
11 Ccenobitical
Monasteries
84 non-Ccenobitical
Monasteries'*
222 Mosques
10 Takyes or
Convents of
Dervishes
3 Seminaries
11 Churches
4 Monasteries
3 Churches
6 Chapels
3 Conven ts
3 Monasteries
2 Churches
1 Ciiapel
I Monastery
4 Churches
2 Church Rooms
1 Church
I Churcli Room
This is tbe Chnrch of the Island, tl
second in Antiquity of Chriatu
Churches.
"Mostly without resident priests. Serv
once a year from the adjacent village.
The only other significant religic
comniunity.
Under the Archbishop of Syris
Under the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Under the Armenian Patriarch (*
4
Cat.
licos") of Cilicia.
Under che Bishop-in-Jerusalem. Sibua
at the district towns, for the offi
community, etc.
The Reformed Presbyterians at Larc
and Nicosia.
No places of worship; attend eit
Church of England or Presbyteriar
Mostly 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 practic
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 1935 -.—
1. Mohammedan Ecclesiastical, the Hejira, 1354, begins 15th April, 1935.
2. Turkish Financial, 1351, begins Uth March, 1935.*
3. Julian or "Old Style," 1935, begins Uth January, 1935.*
4. Armenian Ecclesiastical, 1385, begins 24th August, 1935.
5. Armenian National, 4428, begins 16th August, 1935.
* N O T E . — The Angora Government has adopted the Western New Year's Day and the Greek-Orthodox Church
aiso adopted tbe "New Style " except as regards Easter and the *' movable feists " dependent on it.