Coat of arms of the Canary Islands Coat of arms of the Canary Islands The coat of arms of the Canary Islands is the central device of the flag of the Canary Islands. It reads "Oceano". The designs were made official by the Statute of Autonomy of the Canarian Autonomous Community (Organic Law 10/82) on 10 August 1982. The coat of arms displays on top the Spanish royal crown. The seven gray islands represent the Canary Islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. The supporters are dogs from which the islands may derive their name, possibly from the Latin term "Insula Canaria", meaning Island of the
Religion in the Canary Islands the Romanian Orthodox Church and the new "Orthodox Church of the Canary Islands (Patriarchate of Serbia)", which is a small community within the Spanish Orthodox Church, under the Patriarchate of Serbia and in communion with the universal Orthodox Church. Its headquarters is in "Las Caletillas" (municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife). There are also small communities of Jehovah's Witnesses and those belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which there are 2,300 members in the Canary Islands. On the island of Tenerife there are three Mormon centers: in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Cristianos and San Cristóbal