St Yeghiche Armenian Church
St Yeghiche Armenian Church ( Armenian Սուրբ Եղիշե եկեղեցի , transcription: Surb Jeghische jekeghezi ) is the largest church of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Great Britain . It stands in Cranley Gardens (Muswell Hill), Kensington , London. The church was originally built in 1867 by a private contractor, CJ Freake , as St. Peter's Anglican Church and became the Anglican Parish Church of Kensington (St Peter's).
By an Order in Council of December 1972, Saint Peter's was declared superfluous, with the aim of leasing the building to the Armenian Orthodox Church. Use for Anglican church services ended in January 1973.
The building was bought and restored by a benefactor in 1998, with additional facilities being made to adapt it to the requirements of the Armenian liturgy . The church is the Armenian Holy Jeghische (Եղիշե, scientific inscription Elise 5th century..) Ordained.
There is another Armenian church in Kensington, but it was built according to traditional Armenian architecture: St Sarkis .
The church has a four-manual organ.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Saint Peter, Cranley Gardens . National Archives.
- ↑ Data of the four-manual Willis / Walker organ (English).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 21.8 " N , 0 ° 10 ′ 40.2" W.