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The Union Church Of Istanbul
The Union Church of Istanbul (UCI) is an international, Protestant and evangelical church, in Istanbul.The church began around the year 1831 when families of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions arrived in Constantinople, making it the oldest existing Protestant church in the country of Türkiye. The church has been meeting for Sunday services in the Dutch Chapel since 1857, which is located on the grounds of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Istanbul (formerly the Embassy). The chapel is only a few minutes walk on İstiklal Avenue towards Taksim Square from the Şişhane Metro station. History In 1667, Justinus Colyer, the Dutch representative to the sublime porte in Constantinople, bought a piece of land off the Grand Rue de Pera (now İstiklal Avenue), and there built a wooden palace. In order to protect important documents and furniture from fire, he ordered in 1711 a stone building to be built as a warehouse for furniture and documents. A few y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Chapel
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Elias Riggs
Elias Riggs (November 19, 1810 – January 17, 1901) was an American Presbyterian missionary and linguist. Biography Elias Riggs was born on November 19, 1810, in New Providence, New Jersey. He was the second son of Elias and Margaret (Congar) Hudson Riggs. His father was the pastor of the local Presbyterian church. During his missionary activities in the Ottoman Empire he contributed greatly to the Bulgarian National Revival. He organized with Albert Long the first translation (by Neofit Rilski), and worked on editing, printing and dissemination of a translation of the Bible into modern Bulgarian. In 1844 he published the first Grammar of the modern Bulgarian language. Riggs did research on Chaldee Language, and also guided the translation of the Bible into modern Armenian language.Georgi GenovAmerican Elias Riggs and his contribution to the Bulgarian National Revival. ''Historical Archives''. Sofia, Issue 9-10, November 2000 - May 2001. (in Bulgarian) The government and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestantism In Turkey
Protestants are a very small religious minority in Turkey, comprising less than one tenth of one percent of the population. In 2022, there were an estimated 7,000-10,000 Protestants and evangelical Christians. Though, there are several significant and major Protestant churches and worship sites in Turkey protected legally, most of them are located in the 4 large cities of Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and Bursa. Considerable ones and significant communities include the Union Church of Istanbul meeting at the Dutch Chapel, German Protestant Church (Istanbul), Armenian Protestant Church (Istanbul) and the All Saints Church in Istanbul. Discrimination against Protestants The constitution of Turkey recognizes freedom of religion for individuals. The Armenian Protestants own three Istanbul Churches from the 19th century. On November 4, 2006, a Protestant place of worship was attacked with six Molotov cocktails. In 2007, three Protestants were killed at a Bible publishing house in Malaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 Establishments In The Ottoman Empire
Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, '' Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). * January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year. * February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf. * February 5 – The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated. * March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest. * March 3 ** France and the United Kingdom f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churches In Istanbul
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church, a former electoral ward of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council that existed from 1964 to 2002 * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Church, Michigan, ghost town Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Church magazine'', a pastoral theology mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem-Alexander Of The Netherlands
Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix (later Queen) and Prince Claus. He became Prince of Orange as heir apparent upon his mother's accession on 30 April 1980. He went to public primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands, and an international sixth-form college in Wales. He served in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and studied history at Leiden University. He married Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in 2002, and they have three daughters: Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Alexia, and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Ariane. Willem-Alexander succeeded his mother as monarch upon her abdication on 30 April 2013. He is the first man to hold this position since the death of his great-great-grandfather William III of the Netherlands, Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Van Millingen
Alexander van Millingen DD (1840–1915) was a scholar in the field of Byzantine architecture, and a professor of history at Robert College, Istanbul between 1879 and 1915. His works are now public domain in many jurisdictions. Life He was born in Constantinople the third son of Dr Julius Michael Millingen, court physician to the Sultan, and his wife Zafira Ralli. He was educated at the Protestant College on the island of Malta and then at Blair Lodge Academy at Polmont in central Scotland. He then took a general degree at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a BA in 1861 and an MA in 1862. He then studied divinity at New College, Edinburgh qualifying in 1866. He was then licensed by the Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland at Dunkeld. Having a clear wanderlust he was ordained at the Scottish Church in Genoa in north Italy in 1868. He stayed one year before being translated to Pera on the outskirts of Constantinople. He was appointed Professor of English Literature at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washburn (educator)
George Washburn (March 1, 1833 – February 15, 1915) was an American educator, Christian mission, Christian missionary, and second president of Robert College. Biography George Washburn was born on March, 1, 1833 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. His father Philander Washburn was a manufacturer and his mother Elizabeth Homes was a housewife. He attended Pierce Academy in his hometown of Middleboro and Phillips Andover, Phillips Academy in Andover, and graduated from Amherst College in 1855. Spending a year traveling Europe and the Middle East, he then attended Andover Theological Seminary in 1859 for one year. He initially went to Constantinople as the treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, an early American Christian missionary organization and, in 1859, married Henrietta Loraine, the daughter of Robert College president Cyrus Hamlin. Washburn returned to the Andover Seminary to complete his education in 1862, and was ordained as a Congregational mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gottlieb Schauffler
William Gottlieb Schauffler (August 22, 1798 – January 27, 1883) was a German missionary. Biography Schauffler was born in Stuttgart, Germany on August 22, 1798, and died in New York City on January 27, 1883. He emigrated to Odessa, Russia, with his parents and about 400 others, in 1804, and adopted his father's trade, that of a maker of wooden musical instruments. In 1820 the preaching of Ignatius Lindl, a Roman Catholic priest of evangelical views, turned his thoughts toward religion, and he resolved to devote his life to mission work. After serving as an independent missionary in Turkey in 1826, he made his way to the United States, with no property but his clothes, his flute, and one dollar in money, and entered Andover Theological Seminary, where he supported himself for a time by turning wooden bed-posts. He was graduated in 1830, ordained on November 14, 1831, and returned to Turkey under the auspices of the American board. Schauffler married Mary Reynolds (1802-1895) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°stiklal Avenue
İstiklal Avenue () is a 1.4 kilometre (0.87 mi) pedestrian street in the historic Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the most famous avenues in the city. It acquired its modern name after the declaration of the Republic on 29 October 1923, ''İstiklal'' (Independence) commemorating Turkey's triumph in its War of Independence. The street starts at the northern end of Galata (the medieval Genoese quarter) at Tünel Square and runs as far as Taksim Square. It was historically known as the Grand Avenue of Pera (; ). İstiklal Avenue is flanked by late Ottoman era buildings (mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries) in a variety of styles including Neo-Classical, Neo-Gothic, Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts, Art Nouveau and First Turkish National Architecture. There are also a few Art Deco style buildings from the early years of the Turkish Republic, and a number of more recent examples of modern architecture. Many would once have been apartm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Gray Otis Dwight
Harrison Gray Otis Dwight (1803–1862) was an American Congregational missionary. Biography Harrison Gray Otis Dwight was born on November 22, 1803, in Conway, Massachusetts. His father was Seth Dwight (1769–1825) and mother was Hannah Strong (1768–1813). He graduated from Hamilton College in 1825 and went on to study theology at Andover Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1828. He married Elizabeth Barker (1806–1837) on January 4, 1828. She died of Cholera in 1837 with her third son. They were both buried in the Protestant cemetery of San Stefano (now Yeşilköy), in Istanbul. He was ordained on July 15, 1829, as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was sent to assist in the Armenian missions serving in Istanbul for over 30 years. He wrote: ''Christianity Revived in the East'' (1850). In 1856, Dwight published a "Manual of Christian Theology" in Constantinople in association with George Warren Wood and Rev. Dr. Edward R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goodell (missionary)
William Goodell (1792–1867) was an American missionary. He was born at Templeton, Mass., educated at Phillips Academy (Andover), Dartmouth College, and Andover Theological Seminary. He was accepted as a missionary by the American Board and at the close of 1822 sailed for Malta and thence the next year went to Beirut, where he aided in establishing the station which became the center of the Syrian mission. In 1828, on account of threatened war between England and Turkey, the missionaries moved to Malta, where Goodell worked in the preparation and printing of books for the mission, until the defeat of the Ottoman fleet at Navarino in 1831, when the way to Constantinople was open and he commenced the Armeno-Turkish mission. During his missionary life, he and his devoted wife endured many trials and perils and were compelled to move their residence 33 times in 29 years. One of his main works was the translation of the Bible into Armeno-Turkish ( Turkish written in Armenian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
