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The '''Maronites in [[Cyprus]]''' are members of the [[Maronite Church]] whose ancestors migrated from the [[Levant]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. They traditionally speak their own [[Cypriot Maronite Arabic|variety]] of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] in addition to [[Greek language|Greek]]. As [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]] of the [[West Syrian Rite]], they are in full communion with the [[Catholic Church]] of [[Vatican City|Rome]]. |
The '''Maronites in [[Cyprus]]''' are members of the [[Maronite Church]] whose ancestors migrated from the [[Levant]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. They traditionally speak their own [[Cypriot Maronite Arabic|variety]] of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] in addition to [[Greek language|Greek]]. As [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]] of the [[West Syrian Rite]], they are in full communion with the [[Catholic Church]] of [[Vatican City|Rome]]. |
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==Legal status== |
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Legally defined in the [[Constitution of Cyprus]] as a religious group within the [[Greek Cypriots|Greek Cypriot]] community, which they chose to join by vote just before independence alongside their fellow [[Roman Catholicism in Cyprus|Roman Catholics]] of the [[Latin Rite]] and the [[Armenians in Cyprus|Armenians]] |
Legally defined in the [[Constitution of Cyprus]] as a religious group within the [[Greek Cypriots|Greek Cypriot]] community, which they chose to join by vote just before independence alongside their fellow [[Roman Catholicism in Cyprus|Roman Catholics]] of the [[Latin Rite]] and the [[Armenians in Cyprus|Armenians]]. While Maronites are part of the Greek Cypriot electoral register when voting for president and members of the house of representatives, they also vote for a special representative that is not an MP but corresponds to the now non functioning communal chambers of the Greek and Turkish communities. <ref name="Mercator">{{cite web|url=http://mercator-research.eu/minority-languages/Language-Factsheets/minority-languages-in-education-on-cyprus-and-malta-1|title=Minority Languages in Education on Cyprus and Malta|work=Mercator-Education|publisher=European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning|accessdate=11 February 2010|location=[[Leeuwarden|Ljouwert/Leeuwarden]]}}</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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In the XIIIth century there were about 50,000 Maronites in Cyprus, living in 60 villages, a number that dropped down to 33 before the Ottoman conquest in 1571. In the 1891 census, out of 209,286 Cypriots 1,131 were Maronites. In the 1960 census they were 2,752, in four villages all situated in the north of the island, occupied from 1974 by Turkey. Their present estimated population is about 6,000, of whom 150 in the Turkish-occupied part.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mirbagheri|first=Farid |title=Historical dictionary of Cyprus|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2010|isbn=9780810855267|url=http://books.google.be/books?id=f82Jn_H4VukC&pg=PA109}}</ref> 75% of Maronites live in [[Nicosia]], 15% in [[Limassol]], and 5% in [[Larnaca]]. Until the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]] of 1974, the town of [[Kormakitis]] was known as a centre of Maronite culture, but according to [[United Nations]] estimates only 165 Maronites remained in [[Turkey|Turkish]]-occupied [[northern Cyprus]] in 2001.<ref name="EPASI">{{cite web|url=http://epasi.eu/CountryReportCY.pdf|title=Education Policies to Address Social Inequalities: Cyprus Country Report|last=Spinthourakis|first=Julia-Athena|coauthors=''et al.''|date=November 2008|work=Department of Elementary Education|publisher=[[University of Patras]]|page=4|accessdate=11 February 2010}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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The Maronites in Cyprus are members of the Maronite Church whose ancestors migrated from the Levant during the Middle Ages. They traditionally speak their own variety of Arabic in addition to Greek. As Eastern Catholics of the West Syrian Rite, they are in full communion with the Catholic Church of Rome.
Legal status
Legally defined in the Constitution of Cyprus as a religious group within the Greek Cypriot community, which they chose to join by vote just before independence alongside their fellow Roman Catholics of the Latin Rite and the Armenians. While Maronites are part of the Greek Cypriot electoral register when voting for president and members of the house of representatives, they also vote for a special representative that is not an MP but corresponds to the now non functioning communal chambers of the Greek and Turkish communities. [1]
Demographics
In the XIIIth century there were about 50,000 Maronites in Cyprus, living in 60 villages, a number that dropped down to 33 before the Ottoman conquest in 1571. In the 1891 census, out of 209,286 Cypriots 1,131 were Maronites. In the 1960 census they were 2,752, in four villages all situated in the north of the island, occupied from 1974 by Turkey. Their present estimated population is about 6,000, of whom 150 in the Turkish-occupied part.[2] 75% of Maronites live in Nicosia, 15% in Limassol, and 5% in Larnaca. Until the Turkish invasion of 1974, the town of Kormakitis was known as a centre of Maronite culture, but according to United Nations estimates only 165 Maronites remained in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus in 2001.[3]
See also
- Cypriot Maronite Arabic
- Lebanese Arabic
- Greek Cypriots
- Roman Catholicism in Cyprus
- Human rights in Northern Cyprus
References
- ^ "Minority Languages in Education on Cyprus and Malta". Mercator-Education. Ljouwert/Leeuwarden: European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ Mirbagheri, Farid (2010). Historical dictionary of Cyprus. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810855267.
- ^ Spinthourakis, Julia-Athena (November 2008). "Education Policies to Address Social Inequalities: Cyprus Country Report" (PDF). Department of Elementary Education. University of Patras. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
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