The Oldest Anglican Church in India

This is the story of the oldest Anglican Church in India, the St. Mary’s church at Fort St. George in Chennai. Did you know that it is the oldest surviving British building in India that’s been in continuous use?
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1. Arms of the East India Company: By Anonymous - The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911 by John Murray Pub.Publication date: 1914archive.org/details/dli.venug..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
2. Fort St. George: By Gerard Vandergucht - Yale Center for British Art, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
3. Map of Fort St. George: Library of Congress, World Digital Library, www.loc.gov/resource/gdclccn....
4. Canterbury Cathedral: By Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of WyrdLight.com - www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
5. Church of England Logo: By Church of England - www.cofe.anglican.org/links/co..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
6. St. Peter’s Basilica: By Jebulon - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
7. Emblem of Papacy: By Cronholm144 created this image using a file by Hautala - Emblem of Vatican City State.svg, who had created his file using PD art from Open Clip Art Library and uploaded on 13 July 2006. uploaded this version on 19 January 2007. - This SVG coat of arms includes elements from this coat of arms:, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
8. Fort Square, Fort St. George: By After Francis Swain Ward - www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlin..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
9. St. Mary’s Church: By J.W. Gantz, Vepery - www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pr..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
For more on the subject:
CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA by Professor Roy Mathew
www.indiancentury.com/christ.htm
The first church in British Madras
www.thehindu.com/society/hist...
Fort St George Madras - Mrs Frank Penny - Page 128
www.forgottenbooks.com/en/dow...
Know Fort St George - 12, The Church of St Mary’s
sriramv.com/2015/10/16/know-f...

[@kaminidandapani9047]

Loving this series on Madras. Thank you!

[@silverback3633]

Fire your post production guy and cut the loud BGM out so we can hear you.

[@Magma_Meteor]

Very Good, keep up the good work❤

[@wneo7]

Wow, that's an interesting anecdote. Your recent videos have inspired me to do a north Chennai heritage church walk: St. Mary's Co-Cathedral > The Armenian Church -> St. Mary's Church -> St. Andrew's Church (The Kirk). Hope to do it next Sunday!