St. Michael's Cathedral, Keren

St. Michael's Cathedral
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LocationKeren
CountryEritrea
DenominationCatholic Church
History
Statuscathedral
Architecture
Architectural typechurch

St. Michael's Cathedral[1] is a Catholic cathedral located in Keren, Anseba, Eritrea, the seat of the Eritrean Catholic Eparchy of Keren.

The 1875 church rebuilt in 1925

The first Catholic church in Keren was constructed in the western outskirts of the town in 1865, but was demolished in 1871 by the Egyptian Ethiopian forces who in the 1870s controlled much of Eritrea. The Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia, which from 1870 to 1894 had its headquarters in Keren, was allowed to rebuild the church, began the work on 24 May 1873 and completed it and blessed it on 14 February 1875.[2][3][4]

Rebuilt in 1925, the church is cruciform with a central dome.[5][6]

This church became the cathedral of the Eritrean Catholic Eparchy of Keren, when this was set up by Pope John Paul II on 21 December 1995.[7]

Since the beginning, following the practice set by Saint Justin de Jacobis, the liturgy is celebrated in the Ge'ez variant of the Alexandrian rite.

New cathedral

In 1965 the foundation stone was laid for a much larger new cathedral of Saint Michael to replace that of 1875/1925. 1961–1991 were the years of the Eritrean War of Independence and only in the 21st century did construction begin in earnest. It was not yet completed in January 2017.[8]

The new building is situated in the south of the town (coordinates: 15.774931 N, 38.448618 E).[9]

With projections for the sanctuary and three entrances, it is octagonal in shape, as in many churches of Ethiopic tradition.[10][11]

Old church of Saint Anthony in Keren


Other churches in Keren

In the centre of the town of Keren, the Church of Saint Anthony exists, like the cathedral, in two versions, but these two versions are close to each other. The old church was consecrated on 12 June 1932.[2]

The coordinates of the new Church of Saint Anthony are 15.779711 N, 38.454835 E.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cathedral of St. Michael in Keren
  2. ^ a b Denison, Edward; Paice, Edward (2007-01-01). Eritrea: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841621715.
  3. ^ Brief History of the Catholic Eparchy of Keren
  4. ^ Lionel Cliffe, Basil Davidson, The Long Struggle of Eritrea for Independence and Constructive Peace (Red Sea Press 1988 ISBN 978-0-93241537-0), p. 15
  5. ^ David Stanley, "Church of St Michael"
  6. ^ Religious procession with a picture of Saint Michael at the church on 28 January 2011
  7. ^ "CONSTITUTIO APOSTOLICA", Apostolic constitution (papal bull) Communitates in orbe
  8. ^ St Michael Building Progress
  9. ^ "Cathedral of St. Michael, Keren, Eritrea". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  10. ^ Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, The Encyclopedia of Christianity (Eerdmans 1999), vol. 2, p. 160
  11. ^ Edward Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible (Oxford University Press 1967), p. 87

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