Church of St Yeghiche, South Kensington

Coordinates: 51°29′22″N 0°10′40″W / 51.489394°N 0.177845°W / 51.489394; -0.177845

St Yeghiche Armenian Church (Սուրբ Եղիշե եկեղեցի) is the largest church of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Great Britain. It is located in Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London. The church was privately built in 1867 as St. Peter's Anglican Church by a local developer, C.J. Freake. It became the 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 1998 and restored, with addition of features required by the Armenian Divine Liturgy. Another Armenian church in Kensington, of the traditional Armenian style, is St Sarkis.

References

1 2 "Saint Peter, Cranley Gardens". National Archives.

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Churches in Kensington and Chelsea

Ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	Chelsea Old Church St Mary Abbots, Kensington

Anglican 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 Stephen, Gloucester Road

Other denominations	Brompton Oratory Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche Essex Street Chapel, Kensington Fetter Lane Society, Chelsea Kensington Congregational Chapel Kensington Temple Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea Our Lady of Victories, Kensington St Columba's, Pont Street St Mark, Kensington St Mary, Cadogan Street St Sarkis, Kensington St Sava, Notting Hill St Yeghiche, South Kensington Tabernacle, Notting Hill

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