Chilgol Church

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Chilgol Church

Chilgol Church (14927462984) .jpg

Denomination : Protestant
Consecration year : 1899

Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ 54.9 ″  N , 125 ° 40 ′ 30.9 ″  E

Interior of the Chilgol Church

The church Chilgol is a Protestant religious building in North Korea's capital Pyongyang in the district guyŏk Mangyongdae- . It is dedicated to the mother of Kim Il-sung Kang Pan-sok, a Presbyterian deaconess .

In 1899 the church in Chilgol was founded. The church was attended by Kang Pan-sok, Kim Il-sung's mother, who sometimes accompanied her. When the church was destroyed by US bombing at the beginning of the Korean War in 1950 , the government had the church rebuilt in its original location. The reconstruction was completed in 1992 and the consecration followed in November of the same year .

The church is under the authority of the Korean Christian Federation. Services are held every Sunday.

To what extent there is active church life cannot be said for sure; North Korea's constitution guarantees religious freedom , but Christians in particular are persecuted . More on this in the article: Religion in North Korea .

Web links

Commons : Church Chilgol  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Democratic People's Republic of Korea . United States Department of State . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d Jo In Chol: Chilgol Church reconstructed. In: The Pyongyang Times . Retrieved September 21, 2017 .
  3. ^ Justin Corfield: Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang . Anthem Press, December 1, 2014, ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1 , p. 37.
  4. ↑ Christians from North and South Korea met in Berlin. In: Österreichischer Rundfunk . Retrieved September 21, 2017 .
  5. ^ North Korea Religious Freedom Report. In: Church in Need . Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  6. ^ In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed . In: Reuters . August 12, 2014 ( reuters.com [accessed September 21, 2017]).