Religion in Cyprus

The Cyprus constitution protects freedom of religion, despite the country being primarily Christian and Muslim. The Greek Orthodox Church is attended by the majority of Greek Cypriots. One of the earliest autocephalous churches, the Church of Cyprus acknowledges the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople and maintains administrative independence under the leadership of its own archbishop.

Women attend church services more regularly than males do in small towns, and senior family members typically fulfill family-wide religious obligations. In cities and among Cypriots with higher education, church attendance is less common. Most people's religious practices revolve around domestic rituals, idol worship, and observance of certain Orthodox feast days. Muslims make up the bulk of Turkish Cypriots.

Muslims are required to perform five daily prayers at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening. All Muslims are required to fast from dawn till dark and are only allowed to work six hours a day during the holy month of Ramadan. A person who is fasting refrains from eating, drinking, smoking, and chewing gum. Foreigners are not compelled to fast, but they are forbidden from eating, drinking, smoking, or chewing gum in public.