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Old High St Stephen's

Coordinates : 57°28′48″N 4°13′44″W / 57.4801°N 4.2289°W / 57.4801; -4.2289 ( Old High Church ) St Stephen's Church Old High St Stephen's Church ( Scottish Gaelic : Seann Eaglais...

Coordinates: 57°28′48″N4°13′44″W / 57.4801°N 4.2289°W / 57.4801; -4.2289 (Old High Church)

St Stephen's Church

Old High St Stephen's Church (Scottish Gaelic: Seann Eaglais Ard) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland. The congregation was formed on 30 October 2003 by a union of the congregations of Inverness Old High (57°28′48″N4°13′44″W / 57.4801°N 4.2289°W / 57.4801; -4.2289 (Old High Church)) and Inverness St Stephen's (57°28′23″N4°13′07″W / 57.4730°N 4.2186°W / 57.4730; -4.2186 (St Stephen's Church)). Unusually in a union of Church of Scotland congregations, both buildings were retained for worship. In January 2022, regular worship ended at Old High. Since then, the Sunday service takes place at St Stephen's Church at 10:30am

The Old High congregation was the oldest congregation in Inverness. The church—the historic town church of Inverness—mainly dates from the eighteenth century. Its site, overlooking the banks of the River Ness, has been used for worship since Celtic times. Thus the congregation can claim to have been founded by St Columba, the Irish monk who first brought Christianity to Inverness. Among many notable features is a Father Willis organ, restored in 2010. The Old High Church is a category A listed building.

St Stephen's was founded as a 'daughter church' of the Old High in 1897. It is a gothic building in Morayshirefreestone, designed by WL Carruthers. St Stephen's is a category B listed building.

The parish area includes the city centre, part of the Crown area, and the southern suburbs of the city, including Drummond and Lochardil.

The Old High Church was on the market for offers over £150,000.

The first minister of the united charge was the Reverend Peter W Nimmo, who was inducted in August 2004. He had previously been minister of High Carntyne in Glasgow. Rev James Bissett, an Ordained Local Minister, is currently serving as locum for the united charge.

En agosto de 2025, la iglesia fue vendida a una organización benéfica llamada "Save Old High Inverness". [ 1 ]

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Referencias

  1. Andrew Thomson; Cameron Angus-Mackay (7 de agosto de 2025). "Una organización benéfica se prepara para hacerse cargo de la iglesia más antigua de Inverness" . BBC News . Consultado el 11 de agosto de 2025 .
  • Antigua iglesia parroquial de High St Stephen, Inverness
  • Campaña de restauración del órgano de la iglesia Old High St Stephen's
  • Presbiterio de Inverness. Archivado el 11 de marzo de 2007 en Wayback Machine.
  • Antigua iglesia de las Tierras Altas donde se retuvo a los soldados después de Culloden, puesta a la venta por 150.000 libras esterlinas.