Church of St Yeghiche, South Kensington
St Yeghiche Armenian Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիշե եկեղեցի) is the largest church of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Great Britain. It faces Cranley Gardens, South Kensington, London. The church was privately built in 1867 as St Peter's Anglican Church by highly successful developer, Charles James Freake, whose widow came to live later in life in one of the adjacent houses. It became the Church of England parish church of Kensington (St Peter's).[1]
By an Order in Council of December 1972 Saint Peter's was declared redundant with the intention that the building be leased to the Armenian Orthodox Church. Anglican services ceased in January 1973.[1]
The building was purchased by a benefactor in 1998 and restored, with the addition of features required by the Armenian Divine Liturgy. Another Armenian church in Kensington, of the traditional Armenian style, is St Sarkis.
References
- ^ a b "Catalogue of papers of this church: 1856-1975". National Archives.
External links
- Photos of the church on Flickr
- Specification of the four-manual Willis/Walker organ[permanent dead link]
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churches (pre-1800)
- Chelsea Old Church
- St Mary Abbots, Kensington
daughter
churches
- All Saints, Notting Hill
- Christ Church, Eldon Road
- Holy Trinity, Brompton
- Holy Trinity, Sloane Street
- St Augustine, Queen's Gate
- St Barnabas, Kensington
- St Clement, Notting Dale
- St Cuthbert, Earl's Court
- St George, Campden Hill
- St James, Norlands
- St John, Notting Hill
- St John the Baptist, Holland Road
- St Jude, Kensington
- St Luke's Chapel, Brompton Hospital
- St Luke, Chelsea
- St Helen, North Kensington
- St Mary, Bourne Street
- St Mary the Boltons, Kensington
- St Michael and All Angels, Ladbroke Grove
- St Paul, Onslow Square
- St Peter, Notting Hill
- St Simon Zelotes
- St Stephen, Gloucester Road
Catholic
churches
denominations
- Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche
- Essex Street Chapel, Kensington
- Fetter Lane Society, Chelsea
- Kensington Congregational Chapel
- Kensington Temple
- St Columba's, Pont Street
- St Mark, Kensington
- St Sarkis, Kensington
- St Sava, Notting Hill
- St Yeghiche, South Kensington
- Tabernacle, Notting Hill
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