Religion in Aberdeen

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Religion in

2001 census, Aberdeen is the least religious city in the country as Glasgow and Edinburgh
, with nearly 43% of people claiming to have no religion.

Liberal religion in Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland is represented through a

Hindu building. The University of Aberdeen has a small society of the Baháʼí Faith
.

Christianity

The largest denomination in the city (in terms of membership) is the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Aberdeen has 41 parish churches.

In the

Greyfriars), the latter surviving in modified form as the chapel of Marischal College
as late as the early 20th century.

Also churches still in use today are located in the city centre including Bon Accord Free Church which is situated on

Gilcomston South Church situated at the corner of Union Street
and Summer Street. Many other churches in the city centre have been converted into bars and restaurants.

Kirk of St Nicholas

In the

kirkyard of the Kirk of St Nicholas is separated from Union Street
by a 147 ft (45 m) long Ionic façade, built in 1831. The divided church within, with a central tower and spire, forms one continuous building 220 ft (67 m) in length.

St Machar's Cathedral

The pre-Reformation

Gavin Dunbar, who followed him in 1518, completed the structure by adding the two western spires and the southern transept. The church suffered severely at the Reformation, but is still used by the Church of Scotland
as a parish church.

St Mary's Cathedral

Roman Catholic cathedral. A Gothic Revival
building, it was erected in 1859.

St. Andrew's Cathedral

Samuel Seabury. The cathedral was renovated in the 1930s to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Seabury's consecration. The memorial was dedicated with a ceremony attended by the then US ambassador to the UK, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Other Churches

Belmont street at the turn of the 19th century was better known as Holy Street as crowds would file out of six churches set over the 400 metre road. The last remaining church congregation in Belmont Street has now moved to Union Square South Christ Central. Triple Kirks pub, The Academy Shopping mall, Neptune Night Club, and Slain's Castle theme pub is all that remains of the 19th-century traditional church. Ironically the last church to be in Belmont Street was the charismatic newfrontiers church, Christ Central, which met in the Belmont Picturehouse. On Justice Street, is the category B listed St Peter's Roman Catholic Church which opened in 1804.

Gallery

  • Kirk of St Nicholas
    Kirk of St Nicholas
  • Saint Mark's Church
    Saint Mark's Church
  • Triple Kirks, abandoned
    Triple Kirks, abandoned
  • Gilcomston South Church
    Gilcomston South Church

References

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