Christianity in Cyprus is the largest religion in the country, making up 78% of the island's population. The largest Christian denomination is the Greek...
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Christian ruler, and thus Cyprus became the first country ruled by a Christian leader. A few of the bishops who helped spread Christianity on the island were...
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Religion in Cyprus is dominated by the Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity, whose adherents make up 73% of the total population of the entire island...
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Cyprus (/ˈsaɪprəs/ ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is geographically a part of West Asia...
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Beytüşşebap Christianity portal Turkey portal Catholic Church in Turkey Christianity and Islam Christianity in Cyprus Christianity in the Ottoman Empire...
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The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf is one of three dioceses in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, a province in the Anglican Communion...
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coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the world's...
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Christianity portal The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion. The primate of the church is called...
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The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal...
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of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity. In regard to the 1960 Constitution of Cyprus, the...
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mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle, who sailed to the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) in 52 AD. The...
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are a very small community living in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and amongst the Turkish Cypriot diaspora. Approximately five hundred...
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The people of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many cultural traits but maintain...
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Crypto-Christianity is the secret adherence to Christianity, while publicly professing to be another faith; people who practice crypto-Christianity are referred...
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figured prominently in Eastern Mediterranean trade, particularly the production and trade of Cypriot copper. The island of Cyprus was situated at a strategically...
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include Muslim converts to Christianity. A 2015 study estimates there are some 6,500 Christians from a Muslim background in Jordan. Among the recognized...
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churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire...
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Nicholas Cathedral in Famagusta, now the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. Religion in Cyprus Christianity in Cyprus Catholic Church in Greece "ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΡΟΞΕΝΕΙΟ...
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Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe. Christianity has been practiced in Europe since the first century, and a number of the Pauline Epistles...
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the Republic of Cyprus Chrysostomos I (1977) Chrysostomos II (2006) George (2022) Cyprus portal Christianity portal Church of Cyprus St. Barnabas Council...
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with the old Cypriot syllabic script, and Cyprus became thoroughly Hellenised. Cyprus figures prominently in the early history of Christianity, being the...
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subsequently killed. The Jews lived well in Cyprus during Roman rule. Christianity was preached to the Jews in Cyprus at an early date, with St Paul being...
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aspects of Cypriot culture while maintaining their Russian heritage. Orthodox Christianity plays a significant role in the lives of Russian Cypriots. Their...
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Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity, which originated from the life and teachings of Jesus in 1st-century Roman Judea...
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Christianity in Albania began when Christians arrived in Illyria soon after the time of Jesus, with a bishop being appointed in Dyrrhachium (Epidamnus)...
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Christianity is the third largest religion in Pakistan and the second largest Abrahamic religion (after Islam) there, making up about 1.37% of the population...
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Christianity has been present in China since the early medieval period, and became a significant presence in the country during the early modern era. The...
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Jewish Christianity is the foundation of Early Christianity, which later developed into Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Christianity. Christianity...
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Christianity in Kuwait is a minority religion. In 2020, there were an estimated 289 Christian Kuwaitis residing in Kuwait, along with an estimated 837...
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The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism...
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