St. Nicholas Church, Aarhus
Saint Nikolaj Church | |
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56°09′03″N 10°12′01″E / 56.1509°N 10.2002°E | |
Location | Frederiks Allé 37 8000 Aarhus |
Country | Denmark |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
History | |
Status | Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Hjalmar Kjær Emanuel Edvard Christie Fleischer |
Completed | 1893 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Brick |
Saint Nikolaj Church (
History
The church originally belonged to a congregation under the Catholic Apostolic Church, founded in Scotland in 1832. The Apostolic Church came to Denmark with Sir Georg Hewett in 1861; in 1879 the congregation in Aarhus was established, and in 1893 the church was completed by plans by Emanuel Edvard Christie Fleischer and Hjalmar Kjær. The first service was held on 23 April 1893.[1]
The congregation peaked in the 1940s with some 600 members, also operating a second church in
The church was named St. Nikolaj for a number of historical reasons. The other Catholic church in Aarhus, Church of Our Lady, was originally named St. Nikolaj Church, the street running perpendicular to the church is Skt. Nicolaus Gade, and Saint Nicholas as a saint connects the eastern and western churches and is the patron saint of port cities.[4]
Chaldean Church
The Chaldean congregation in Denmark is composed of some 2000 Catholics primarily from Iraq, and the Chaldean congregation in Aarhus is the largest in Denmark. Prior to 1991 most Chaldeans lived in northern Iraq, but Saddam Hussein forcefully relocated most of them in an attempt to turn make areas majority Muslim. Today most Chaldeans lived in Baghdad and Mosul, but degradation in security since the early 2000s have forced many to flee, which has caused the congregation in Denmark and Aarhus to grow. In 2010 some 400 Chaldean families resided in Denmark.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Skt. Nikolajs Kirke". Danish National Archives. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "St. Nikolaj AarKat". Kort til kirken. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Kaldæerne får deres egen kirke i Aarhus". KAtolsk Orientering. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Aarhus Sankt Nikolaj Kirke". Catholic Church. Retrieved 20 October 2015.