Joyful Church, Pohang, South Korea

Joyful Church, Pohang, South Korea

For the Joyful Church in Pohang, South Korea, The Beck Group fused ideas from multiple religious, cultural and sustainable sources to create a wholly unique Korean church design experience. The church’s new campus design provides 25,600 m2 (275,000 SF) including a 2,500-seat sanctuary, 800-seat chapel and spaces dedicated to the church’s extensive weekday social and community ministries. Special care was taken to integrate the large facility into the 10.6-acre, densely wooded hillside site.

The Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul, Faisalabad,Pakistan

The Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul is the main church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad, Pakistan, 250 kilometers south of the capital Islamabad. The cathedral was designed by an Italian architect and built in 1965 by the Italian Dominicans who were than running the diocese.

St. John’s Church, Jhelum,Pakistan

St. John’s Church is located in Jhelum Cantonment;  Pakistan, beside the River Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British colonial period. For forty years it remained closed, but has been renovated and reopened.

The church was built to commemorate the British victory in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and this church and the names on the lectern show that Jhelum was also a center of resistance against the British Empire. 35 British soldiers of the 24th Regiment of Foot Infantry died in Jhelum on 7 July 1857.

Jhelum City is located near the site of the famous Battle of the Hydaspes between the armies of Alexander the Great and Raja Porus (the Thathaal King). This battle took place a few miles downstream from the city centre, along the river banks. The city was founded to commemorate the death of Alexander’s horse, Bucephalus, and was originally called Bucephala.

St Thomas Church, Islamabad, Pakistan

St Thomas Church, Islamabad, Pakistan

St Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, came all the way to Taxila and did charity work for the people of this land.  St Thomas church located on Hospital Road G-7-2,  is designed in conjunction with local practice, St Thomas’ Church attempts to define an appropriate architectural language for a church. It draws inspiration from the Mughal brickwork tradition. A large Hall sits under the church itself, accessed from the rear of this steeply sloping site, and a two storey house sits to the side dividing the site into two external spaces. It is a part of the Anglican Communion and is loosely affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of Manchester. A warm red colored brick structure of indeterminable age dates back to  the 1980s. It looks slightly out of place given the monolithic concrete buildings nearby, most of which appear to suffer from a lack of care. The Church holds two morning services in English on Friday at 8 and 9:30 am in Summer, and 9 and 10:30 am in Winter, and a short service on Sunday evenings at 7 pm in Summer and 6.30 pm in Winter.

St Pauls Church, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

St Pauls Church, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The Church of Saint Paul in Rawalpindi is the second oldest in this city after Christ Church which was built 150 years ago. Its construction was started by East India Company 1876 and was completed in 1908.The Church’s first brick was laid in 1876 but  Official date of construction of the Church is given as 1908.  The height is more than 65 ft. It was renovated recently, to celebrate 100 years of its existence.  Rawalpindi Cantonment was then home to the Northern Command of the British army and cosidered as the last outpost of the Empire. British troops used to come to the Church for Sunday prayers. The stone of the building was laid by Rev G J Chree BD.  British pastors reigned supreme Until 1942,. It was in 1943 that the first native Rev Peter was appointed as assistant pastor. In 1947, the Church was handed over to the United Presbyterian Church run by the American missionaries.

St Marry Cathedral, Multan, Pakistan

St. Marry Cathedral, Multan, Pakistan

St Mary Cathedral or Sister Mary’s Cathedral is located on Qasim Road Multan Cantt in front of the F.G.Boys High School No.1. It is one of three largest churches in Multan. It has a beautiful old building designed in old English style. The Church was primarily built to cater for spiritual needs of British Army personnel posted at Multan. The Church also accommodates “The Bishop of Multan”. The church remained closed for some duration due to inter church rivalries.

St Denys School, Chapel, Murree, Pakistan

St Denys School, Chapel, Murree, Pakistan

Established in 1882, St Denys’ School was the first Anglican Protestant School for the British girls in the Murree Hills. The Diocese of Lahore got a scheme for building a great Girls’ School to accommodate 300 girls on the site of St. Denys’ School, Murree. When completed the original idea was that the girls  present in the Lawrence School at Murree should be transferred to this new school, leaving room in the Boys’ School for a large number of boys already on the waiting list.  The chapel was build to cater for religious needs of students and staff.

Historical record of principals who served St. Denys’ High School, Murree Hills is given below:-

1882-1895        Sisters of St. Denys’ Warminster, Wiltshire.

1896-1900        Miss  Perry

1900-1905        Miss  Sampson

1906-1908        Miss  E. Traill-Christie

1909-1917        Miss  M. Bealey

1918-1927        Miss  Waterman, St. Hilda’s Society

1927-1942        Miss  Haig

1943-1958        Miss  Stallard

1960-1980        Miss  M. White

1981-1982        Miss  Vera Chapman

1983-1989        Miss  Millicent Andrews

1990-2001        Mrs. Shireen Sarfraz

2002-2003        Mrs. Zarina Salik

2004-2006        Mrs. Sarah Cecil

2007- to date   Mrs. Noreen Suleman

St. Andrews Church in Karachi, Pakistan

St. Andrews Church in Karachi, Pakistan

St Andrew’s Church, also known as the Scotch Church, is made in the Gothic style. The foundation stone of the Anglican St. Andrew’s Church or Scotch Church was laid in February 1867 by Robert Napier, Commander-in-Chief of the Army at Bombay. The building was completed the following year at a cost of Rs. 56,300. It represents a blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles. Its designer was T.G. Newnham. He and architects like James Stratchan, contributed quite a bit to the city’s structural design, they were inspired by Gothic and Renaissance forms of architecture. The Church has pointed arches and a spire that will remind you of Merewether Tower.

Protestant International Church, Islamabad, Pakistan

Protestant International Church, Islamabad, Pakistan

Protestant International Church in Islamabad is located on Plot #15 University Road, Diplomatic Enclave G-5 Islamabad. The church is mainly used by diplomats and embassy staff. An attack occurred on Sunday morning, March 17, 2002 which is a short distance from the American embassy, it left five people dead and another 40-plus wounded. The dead included an American embassy worker and her teenage daughter, a Pakistani woman, and an Afghan man. A fifth body remains unidentified. Among the injured Americans were four Southern Baptists and three workers from The Evangelical Alliance Mission

Holy Trinity Church, Murree, Pakistan

Holy Trinity Church, Murree, Pakistan

Holy Trinity Church was one of the earliest buildings to be erected.Holy Trinity Church located at Mall Road, Murree was built in 1857 after the foundation of Murree town in 1851. It stands out as a prominent landmark in almost all the photos of Murree taken before the partition of India. Until 1875, it lay further away from the then main market or “lower bazaar” as it is now known. But when the “Great Fire” burned down the market in 1875 a new Mall strip was built in its place in an area overlooked by the church grounds and parallel to the “lower bazaar”. Over the following years, the Mall became the main market place and today has turned into a bustling business center.