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| ==Demography==
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| *The citizens of the Monastic Republic are mainly Greeks. Most of them are descendants of refugees from Turkey. There is also a sizable population of Lebanese, refugees from Lebanon. There has been some immigration from other parts of Europe, but it is kept to a minimum. Non-citizens may not live in the Monastic Republic.
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| *The Orthodox monks of the Greek monasteries are virtually all Greeks, but the monks of the national monasteries have come from their respective countries.
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| *Monastic Republic nationality
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| **A person whose father or mother is a citizen of the Monastic Republic at his birth is a citizen of the Monastic Republic by descent.
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| **Merely being born in the territory of the Monastic Republic does not confer citizenship.
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| **Every child who is found within the Monastic Republic and the whereabouts of whose parents are unknown is, until the parents of the child are traced, deemed to be a citizen of the Monastic Republic by descent.
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| **Any man who enters the novitiate in any one of the twenty monasteries becomes a citizen of the Monastic Republic.
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| **The acquisition of citizenship of the Monastic Republic by a foreign national is regulated by Law.
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| *Census of 2005
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| **The census figures are obtained from the registers that are kept by the townships and the monasteries.
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| **The name of every citizen and of every monk is recorded with the following details:
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| ***Register number
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| ***Date of birth or naturalization
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| ***Country of birth
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| ***Birthplace of parents
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| ***Complete address
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| ***Marital status and date of marriage
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| ***Occupation at time of census
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| ***If a farmer, crops they grow
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| ***Annual income
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| **The census of 2005 recorded
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| ***7,243 citizens in Prosforion, of whom 194 were naturalized,
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| ***5,280 citizens in Aktí, of whom 449 were naturalized,
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| ***984 citizens in Ammouliani.
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| ***4,621 monks in the twenty monasteries.
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| **Giving a grand total of 18,128 citizens.
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| ==Culture==
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| *Public days of rest:
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| **January 6 (January 7 if January 6 falls on a Sunday), the Epiphany;
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| **February 2 (February 3 if February 2 falls on a Sunday), the Presentation of Christ;
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| **Good Friday;
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| **Easter Monday;
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| **Ascension Thursday;
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| **Pentecost Monday;
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| **July 5 (July 6 if July 5 falls on a Sunday), Constitution Day;
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| **August 15 (August 16 if August 15 falls on a Sunday), the Dormition;
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| **the first Monday of September in election years;
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| **September 8 (September 9 if September 8 falls on a Sunday), the Birth of the Virgin.
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| **October 5 (October 6 if October 5 falls on a Sunday), Independence Day;
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| **November 1 (November 2 if November 1 falls on a Sunday), All Saints Day;
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| **December 8 (December 9 if December 8 falls on a Sunday), the Immaculate Conception;
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| **December 24, Christmas Eve;
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| **December 25, Christmas Day (December 26 if December 25 falls on a Sunday).
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