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9.45am Craigellachie Church
11.15am Aberlour Church
(from time to time there are joint services - please contact the minister if in doubt)
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Craigellachie
"Nestling in a corner beside the busy public road, and yet where peace seems to embrace it, among firs and cypress trees and clinging ivy" this little Church has stood since 1870.
History:
Cragellachie Church has a fascinating history. Built by Miss McPherson Grant for her domestic chaplain, Canon Charles Jupp, who came to Speyside after working as a curate in London's East End, it served as an Episcopal Church on Sundays and a school throughout the week. Such a combination was not unusual. Since the time of the Reformation until 1872 it was the duty of the Churches to provide education, with the law demanding a school in every parish. In such a school the children of laird and shepherd learned together.
When Canon Jupp's attention turned to the building of Aberlour Orphanage and St. Margaret's Church alongside it, Rev. James Sellar, parish minister of Aberlour, acquired this "Chapel of Ease". It again functioned as both school and church until 1901, when the new Craigellachie Primary School was opened. It then became a Mission Church, served by a succession of Home Missionaries, who were appointed by the Church of Scotland Home Board to assist the minister.
This phase of its history drew to a close in 1970 when Mr. C. Roberts, the last of the Missionaries, retired. It is now known simply as Craigellachie Church, a place of worship within the Parish of Aberlour but serving a distinct community. Aberlour and Craigellachie Churches share the one minister, Kirk Session, and Congregational Board. But, unusually in such a case, there never was a "union" or a "linkage"!
Aberlour
History:
Built in 1812 when new town of Charlestown of Aberlour was formed. It replaced St. Drostan's Kirk, the remains of which can be seen in the graveyard, beside the Pack Horse Bridge.
The Norman Tower was the sole survivor of a fire in 1861. The main body of the Church was rebuilt in 1862 and Apse and vestry added in 1933-34. At the rear of the Apse are 3 beautiful stained glass windows.
The organ originally installed approximately 1895 was rebuilt in 1930's and again extensively rebuilt in 1992 by A F Edmonstone, Organbuilder, Perth.
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