Historical Churches - The Christ Church, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

The Christ Church, Rawalpindi is located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It was built in 1852 in the Gothic Style. The Church is situated in Lal Kurti in cantonment area on Iftikhar Janjua Road beside PC Hotel in Rawalpindi. The church is considered among the oldest buildings in Rawalpindi. The Church is affiliated with the Church of Pakistan and serves mass largely constitutes of Army and Civilian persons living in and around Cantonment area.

Historical Churches - St. Lawrence Church, Karachi, Pakistan

St. Lawrence Church, Karachi, Pakistan

St. Lawrence’s Church, Karachi is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. It became a parish in 1912. The Church was constructed with elements of Mughal architecture in it. Lawrence Cajetan Duarte donated the life-size statue of the patron saint which was ordered from Rome in 1930. The church was built by parishioners through personal contributions (1903 – 1929), and formally opened on August 10, 1931. The first High Mass was offered in 1929 without roof and doors and people brought their own stools and chairs. The Church is located at Soldier Bazar, Saddar, Karachi.
The parish has produced more than 70 doctors, numerous educationists and entrepreneurs, and houses 11 Religious Orders, 5 Homes for the Aged and Orphans, and the only Dispensary for the poor in the archdiocese.

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Historical Churches - Christ Church, Karachi, Pakistan

Christ Church, Karachi, Pakistan

Christ Church also known as the Church Mission Society Church, dates back to 1856. The patron of the church was Henry Preedy, the Bazaar Master and first Collector of Karachi. The Church is situated in the same compound as the Church Mission School founded in 1846 and the Kutchery, a meeting place, built in 1855. This compound was passed onto the Church Mission Society in 1853.

Beautiful Churches - 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.

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

Historical Churches - St. Andrews Church, Karachi, Pakistan

St. Andrews Church,  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.

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.
Principals  of  St. Denys' High School, Murree Hills
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

HistoricaL Churches - 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.

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St. Pauls Church, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

St. Pauls Church, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The Church of Saint Paul in Rawalpindi, Pakistan 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.

Modern Churches - 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.

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.