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Foundation stone for Christ Church was laid on 13th December
1858 by the British Resident Gen. Cullen in the presence of a
large number of people, which included H.H. the First Prince
Rama Varma of Travancore. The Church was consecrated by Bishop
Dealtry of Madras on 15th November 1859. About two years later,
The Maharajah of Travancore granted a Neettu (document) in the
Malayalam Era 1036 for the newly constructed Church. The Neettu
sanctioned the utilization of the building for religious worship
by all residents including the Europeans. In the year 1883, H.H.
The Maharajah issued an order sanctioning an additional grant of
land on the north and west of the Church for extension of the
Cemetery.
The increase in members, caused mainly by the migration of
Christians from other parts of the State to Trivandrum,
necessitated the extension of the Church. The late Laurie Baker,
renowned Architect and an active member of the Church, designed
the extension of the Church, and the construction was supervised
by a group of senior engineers who were members of the Church.
It is to the credit of Laurie Baker that the extension when
completed supplemented the majesty and splendour of the original
building.
Christ Church had earlier been a “maintained civil church”
maintained by the government, and under the ecclesiastical
authority of the Metropolitan of Calcutta and the Bishop of
Madras. In 1956 it became a constituent of the Church of South
India, under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Diocese of
Central Travancore (the present Madhya Kerala Diocese). |
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