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<ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Cyprus, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/Cyprus, accessed 6 April 2020.</ref> | By 1961, a small congregation of 20 servicemen and their families stationed at the British Akrotiri Sovereign Base began to meet to worship, forming the Nicosia Cyprus Group. The group was discontinued in 1969 after transfer of LDS servicemen from the base. | ||
In May 1971, Switzerland Mission President M. Elmer Christensen visited southern Cyprus and reestablished the Nicosia Cyprus Group. This group held regular meetings for eight Latter-day Saints and participated in interdenominational protestant meetings, some of which were under the direction of LDS leaders. | |||
During the next decade, several members of the Church emigrated to Cyprus, adding strength to the small congregation. On September 10, 1989, 28 members gathered to witness the creation of the Nicosia Cyprus Branch (a small congregation) under the direction of Austria Vienna East Mission President Dennis B. Neuenshwander.In 1997, there were 90 members of the Church in Cyprus meeting in branches in Nicosia and Limassol and another group of seven saints in Larnaca.Total Church Membership: 507. Congregations: 4. <ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Cyprus, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/Cyprus, accessed 6 April 2020.</ref> | |||
=='''Anglican (Episcopal) Church Records'''== | =='''Anglican (Episcopal) Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||