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St. John In The Wilderness (Nainital)
St. John in the wilderness is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in India and one of Nainital district, Nainital's oldest buildings. The site was chosen and approved in 1844 by Bishop Daniel Wilson (bishop), Daniel Wilson. The cornerstone was laid in October 1846 and Captain Young made the plans at the cost of Rs 15,000 raised from private subscriptions and pew rents. Built in a Gothic architecture, Gothic style, it was inaugurated on 2 April 1848. A memorial in the church is to those killed in the 1880 landslip. The cemetery in the church has graves from 1845 to around 1922 with the last burial being of Sir George Edward Knox, George Knox. The graves include those of the mother and father of Jim Corbett, Christopher William, and Mary Jane Corbett who lived in nearby Gurney House. References {{reflist 19th-century Anglican church buildings in India Nainital Churches in Uttarakhand 1848 establishments in India Churches completed in 1848 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
