Crathie Kirk

Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British Royal Family when they are holidaying at nearby Balmoral Castle. Image File history File links Photograph of Crathie Church (Crathie Kirk), Scotland. ... Image File history File links Photograph of Crathie Church (Crathie Kirk), Scotland. ... The Church of Scotland (CofS sometimes known as the Kirk) is the national church of Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Main languages English Scots Scottish Gaelic Doric Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Crathie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located at 57°02′ N 3°13′ W. It stands on the north bank of the River Dee. ... The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle, painted by Queen Victoria in 1854 during its construction Balmoral Castle is a large mansion built by Queen Victoria in the Scottish baronial style on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, current (as of 2004) summer residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who stays there for 12...

Crathie has been a place of Christian worship since the 9th century when a church was founded on the banks of the River Dee by Saint Manire (Bishop of Aberdeenshire and Banff and a follower of Saint Columba, the pioneer of Christianity in Scotland). It is traditionally held that Manire baptised Pictish converts in a pool of the Dee east of the modern village of Crathie. A single standing stone at Rinabaich is all that remains of Manire's church (where Manire himself is reputedly buried). Christianity is an artificial religion (as opposed to Natural religion or Paganism) which claims to be monotheistic and is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... The River Dee is a 90 mile (140 km) long river, which rises in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and flows to the North Sea. ... The traditional county of Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) borders Banffshire and Inverness-shire to the west, Perthshire, Angus and Kincardineshire to the south, and the North Sea to the north and east. ... Banffshire (Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a small traditional county in the north of Scotland. ... Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597), the Latinized version of the Irish name Colmcille (Old Irish Columb Cille) meaning Dove of the church, was the most outstanding of the Dark Agesan Irish missionary monk who helped re-introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of England. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ...

Subsequent places of worship were situated further west, near the location of present day Crathie village. The ruins of a 13th century church, dedicated to Saint Manire, stand on the riverbank south of the current structure. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

A later church was built at the current site in 1804. Queen Victoria worshipped there from 1848, and every British monarch since has worshipped at Crathie Kirk. Victoria laid the foundation stone for a new, much larger, church in 1893. The walls are built of local granite and the roof made of Scots Pine; building materials were donated by the surrounding estates, and £5000 raised from the local population to fund construction. The church, built in the fashionable gothic revival style by Elgin architect A. Marshall, was completed in 1895. 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Binomial name Pinus sylvestris L. The Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris; family Pinaceae) is a common tree ranging from Great Britain and Spain east to eastern Siberia and the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as Lapland. ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, is the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... Elgin is a city in north-east Scotland, 35 miles east of Inverness and 70 miles west of Aberdeen. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The kirk's south transept is reserved for royal use. The north transept contains pews belonging to the Farquharson family, Lairds of Invercauld and owners of Braemar Castle and to the Gordon family, Lairds of Abergeldie and owners of nearby Abergeldie Castle. Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Pews in rows in a church A pew is a long bench used for seating of a church congregation. ... Braemar Castle is a castle near Braemar in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...

Other royal connections with the kirk include:

• Queen Victoria donated two stained glass windows which commemorate author and social reformer Reverend Norman MacLeod, and she also endowed the kirk's Father Willis organ.
• Victoria's highland servant John Brown is buried in the churchyard.
• Princess Beatrice donated four bells which continue to hang in the belltower.
• Edward VII donated two marble medallions commemorating his brother Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and sister Victoria, Queen of Prussia.
• Edward's son George V donated a communion table dedicated to the memory of his father. This was made from white marble quarried on the island of Iona, the site of Columba's monastery.
• Elizabeth II donated a bible decorated with the royal crest.
• The Princess Royal married her second husband Timothy Laurence at Crathie on December 12, 1992. Choosing to have the ceremony performed by the Church of Scotland avoided the problem of the Anglican Church of England's unwillingness to remarry divorced people.

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See also

• List of Church of Scotland parishes

The Church of Scotland divides all of Scotland (apart from the interior international airports) into presbyteries which are subdivided into parishes, each served by a parish church with its own minister. ...

References

• Visit Dunkeld's page on Crathie
• Information on the history of the Crathie parish
• Details of the church, its construction, and surroundings
• Information on early Christian sites in Scotland, including Crathie

External links

• grid reference NO265949
• Photo of Crathie Kirk