Christ Church İstanbul, The Crimean Memorial - Kırım Kilisesi

Christ Church İstanbul, The Crimean Memorial - Kırım Kilisesi We celebrate the Liturgy in English every Sunday at 11am. All are Welcome. The chaplaincy is part of the Diocese of Gibraltar.

CHRIST CHURCH: THE CRIMEAN MEMORIAL

THE ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY ISTANBUL
There has been an Anglican presence in Istanbul since Elizabeth I sent out the first chaplain in 1582. The Chaplain resides here in his capacity as chaplain to the British Consul-General and is also the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Apokrisarios to the Œcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Attached to the Chaplaincy are two other

Victorian churches: All Saints, Moda on the Asian side of the Bosphorus and St Helena’s Chapel in the grounds of the British Consulate-General, which was damaged by the al-Qaeda bomb on 20th September 2003 and was restored and re-hallowed in 2009. We are a friendly non-proselytising family of Christians embracing all ethnicities. Turkish, English, and many languages are spoken. All are welcome to our gatherings at 11AM at Christ Church (The Crimean Memorial) and to meet people of many different backgrounds over coffee. The worship is marked by dignified traditional style, while our minds are open to intelligent debate and to listening to people - not least the most marginalised in our societies. We enjoy cooperative friendship with other churches in Istanbul including the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Armenian Patriarchate, the Roman, German and Finnish Lutheran chaplaincies, and the Turkish Presbyterian community who worship at our church in Moda (http://www.allsaintsmoda.net). Istanbul is also host to a newer Turkish Anglican chaplaincy - The Church of the Resurrection. THE CHURCH BUILDING
The land on which the church is built was a gift from Sultan Abdülmecid (1839-1861) to the British Crown to build a memorial to those who died in the Crimean War. A competition was held to choose the architect and, when winning design proved unsuitable, a Geometrical Gothic design by George Edmund Street (1824-1881) was chosen. Street also built the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Funds were raised by public subscription; Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among those who contributed. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe (1786-1880), long-serving British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, laid the foundation-stone on 19 October 1858. Construction started in 1864 using stone from Malta and the finished building was consecrated on 22nd October 1868. RECENT HISTORY
By the 1970s the Church had fallen into disuse and was deconsecrated until September 1991 when the present Chaplain led work to restore the derelict building, much of which was performed by a group of Sri Lankan refugees who fled to Istanbul at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The church was re-consecrated in 1993.

All are welcome to our Christmas Services:8pm 24th December11am 25th December
18/12/2025

All are welcome to our Christmas Services:
8pm 24th December
11am 25th December

12/04/2025

Christ Church Holy Week 2025
Palm Sunday 11am
Maundy Thursday 6pm
Good Friday 1230pm
Holy Saturday 7pm
Easter Day 11am

We will begin the season of Lent with the Commination Service from the Book of Common Prayer with imposition of ashes at...
26/02/2025

We will begin the season of Lent with the Commination Service from the Book of Common Prayer with imposition of ashes at 12 noon on Wednesday 5th March at Saint Helena's Chapel (entrance on Mesrutiyet Caddesi next to the British Consulate). The book of prayer deacribes thia service as "a Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgements against Sinners"...all sinners are warmly welcome!!

Today steps were taken to better conserve the historic flags that have been laid up in Christ Church over the years. Fro...
26/02/2025

Today steps were taken to better conserve the historic flags that have been laid up in Christ Church over the years. From a regimental flag from the Crimean War, the diocesan flag used at the original consecration in 1868, another regimental flag from Gallipololi, two flags which flew over the British military HQ during the allied occupation of Istanbul after WW1 to the red ensign from the warship which took the last Sultan into exile.
You can read more about this in the blog entry:

A number of months ago I read a book about the creation of the Turkish republic after the First World War. It mentioned a flag that had bee...

It's that time of year again... the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: every night a different denomination plays host....
11/01/2025

It's that time of year again... the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: every night a different denomination plays host. A great chance to experience some of the rich variety of different and exotic traditions represented in the city...Starts Saturday 18th Jan.

13/12/2024
Christmas Services at Christ Church:8pm Christmas Eve 24th December 11am Christmas Day 25th December
23/11/2024

Christmas Services at Christ Church:
8pm Christmas Eve 24th December
11am Christmas Day 25th December

A mesaage from Oya Sezer whose beautiful quilts have been on exhibition in the church this week:I forward my deepest gra...
12/05/2024

A mesaage from Oya Sezer whose beautiful quilts have been on exhibition in the church this week:

I forward my deepest gratitude to dear ones who made my dream come through. Father Ian, thank you for opening the doors of your beautiful church to host my quilts where they stand in peace and solitude. Your household have been so helpful in making me and my quilts feel so much at home. It has been an incredible week sharing my art with friends and visitors who enjoyed this beautiful and hidden gem of Istanbul. I feel very fortunate to have experienced this spiritual journey. Thank you from my heart.

16/02/2024

Holy Week services for 2024:

28 March Maundy Thursday 6pm
29 March Good Friday 12 noon
30 March Holy Saturday 7pm - 9pm Vigil and lighting of the Paschal candle
31 March Easter Day 11am Liturgy of the Resurrection and Holy Baptism

https://thecritic.co.uk/common-prayer/
09/02/2024

https://thecritic.co.uk/common-prayer/

Following the recent announcement that King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, the Church of England communications team offered this decaffeinated modern-language version of a prayer…

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