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Armenian Good Friday, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Burial of Christ ~ Armenian Good Friday
St. Gregory, the Illuminator, Armenian Chapel, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Also see my blog post on Armenians of Calcutta (Kolkata)
The coffin bearers slowly carried the black coffin, beautifully stacked with flowers outside the small chapel adjoining to the Lower Circular Road Cemetery in Calcutta (Kolkata). Strangely it was not a funeral and nor the black coffin contained any dead body !!!!
It was the Good Friday service of the Armenian Christian community at the St. Gregory, the Illuminator Armenian Chapel at Park Circus.
Armenian Christmas Celebration, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Armenian Christmas Celebration
6 January 2013, Armenian Church, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Also see my blog post on Armenians of Calcutta (Kolkata)
Yes you have read it right “Christmas on 6 January !!!!!” It is the Armenian Christmas. The Armenian Orthodox Church celebrates the birth of Christ on January 6 (also known as Old Christmas).
St. James’ Church (Jora Girja), Calcutta (Kolkata)
St. James’ Church, Calcutta (Kolkata)
Jora Girja, Church with the twin spires
Also see my compilation of Calcutta (Kolkata) Churches
Jota Girja is an important bus – stop on the Lower Circular Road (Presently AJC Bose Road). The name originated from the twin spires of the St. James Church.
St. John’s Church, Calcutta (Kolkata)
St. John’s Church, Calcutta (Kolkata)
First Anglican Church of Calcutta (Kolkata)
Also see my compilation of Calcutta (Kolkata) Churches
Located at the North – Western corner of the Governor House (Raj Bhavan) lies the St. John’s Church. Built in 1787 St. John’s Church is the third oldest church in Calcutta (Kolkata) only next to the Armenian and the Old Mission Church. St. John’s Church served as the Anglican Cathedral of Calcutta (Kolkata) till 1847 when it was transferred to St. Paul’s Cathedral.