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546: 558: 462: 534: 313: 572: 726: 358: 36: 738: 474: 304:, many children and women. In general, the congregation represented the lowest of Tamil society at that time. Gradually, the congregation increased, and within a year of consecration a need for a larger church was realised. A tsunami stuck Tranquebar on 27 November 1715, destroying the city walls and many buildings. Even though the Jerusalem Church was undamaged, that it was close to the sea made it vulnerable. Hence, there was an urgent need to raise another church in Tranquebar. 757: 771: 785: 350: 510:, and shipped by boats to Tranquebar. The windows are divided into two, the lower part made of wood and the upper part having glass. The roof of the church was strengthened using lime and mortar. The church had a pulpit and baptism font. However, due to lack of funds, the church did not have a church bell, organ, altar table or chandeliers. 615:, with many international delegates from USA, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, etc. in attendance. The function was presided by Rt. Rev. T Aruldoss, Bishop of TELC, with Rt. Rev. Mark Hanson, President, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) giving thanks. The re-consecration was attended by nearly 10000 people. 413:
into Tamil and helped set up India's first printing press at Tranquebar, with Tamil being the first Indian language to be printed. Ziegenbalg championed the cause of women's education and for abolition of caste system, and gained the respect of the local people. Ziegenbalg established the very first
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The church has many memorial stones within and outside the church building. There are inscriptions in English for Rt. Rev. Dr. Johannes Sandegren (20 November 1883 to 15 November 1962) Third Bishop of Tranquebar, Rev. J M N Schwarz (died 21 June 1887), A M Ruhde (died 1856), and Carl Christian V
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school, with the students of the Tamil and Portuguese schools being provided free tuitions, boarding, lodging and food. Between 1717 and 1718, he helped establish the New Jerusalem Church at Tranquebar for the use of the native people, conducting services in Tamil. Ziegenbalg died on 23 February
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On 9 February 1717, Governor Christian Brun laid the foundations of the New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar. A copper plate Danish inscription to this effect was placed. Further, the governor also gave duty-free status for the materials used for building the church and also appointed to two master
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bathing in a river, emerging clean thereafter. The altar of the church is facing east, just like in Hindu temples, where the holiest place was in the east. The building has been studied by many Danish architects, and is found to incorporate both European and Indian features.
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at that time. Governor Hassius donated 20000 bricks towards the cause of raising the new church at Tranquebar, and also allotted land at the Sollingar quarter of the colony. The foundation for the Jerusalem Church was laid on 14 June 1707. The church was named as
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Within a year, the 1707 Jerusalem Church was filled to capacity, with many people being forced to stand near the windows and doors of the church, for the lack of space. Appeals for funds were made to Johann Georg von Holstein the privy counsellor to
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India Post also released a special stamp to mark the occasion, with a portrait of Ziegenbalg and the New Jerusalem Church in the background. The stamp was released in Madras, on 10 December 2006 by the then Union Minister
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helped establish the Jerusalem Church at Tranquebar for the Lutheran congregation, as the existing Zion Church was reluctant to accept native worshippers. The Tamil converts also did not want to worship in the European
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The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Volume I
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printing press. A souvenir detailing the services rendered by Ziegenbalg was also released. The local villagers of Tranquebar made a request for a memorial to be for Ziegenbalg on this occasion.
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which was considered as the New Jerusalem. The registers of the church commenced on 12 May 1707, and indicate most of the congregation were servants of Europeans, former converts from
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London. The widow of Commissioner Heinrich Bonsack (died 1711) sold her house and garden, which was on the right side of the missionaries garden, to the
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colony. The church is located on King Street, and church services are conducted every Sunday. The church, along with other buildings of the
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school for girls in India at Tranquebar in 1707. In 1713, in a letter written to Johann Georg von Holstein the privy counsellor to
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Gotting (16 June 1768 to 16 February 1858) Lt. Col. in the Danish Army. There are also inscriptions in Tamil, German and Danish.
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To mark the occasion, a printing technology institute was inaugurated at the same place where Ziegenbalg started the first
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artisans to oversee the work. The New Jerusalem Church was consecrated on 11 October 1718, the birthday of
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The New Jerusalem Church at Tranquebar was re-consecrated by Rt. Rev. Margot Kassmann, Bishop of the
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New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar (1904) from Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras - Vol. I'
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1993, 14 January, Rt. Rev. Dr. Jubilee Gnanabaranam Johnson ordained as Ninth Bishop of Tranquebar
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The church records of the New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar from 1707 to 1888 are preserved at the
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style, incorporating few Indian elements in the design. The church carries the royal monogram of
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in Copenhagen. The records are initially in German, then in English during the British period.
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2006 8 July, Re-consecration of the renovated New Jerusalem Church by Rt. Rev. Margot Kassmann
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1956, 14 February, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rajah Bushanam Manikam ordained as fourth Bishop of Tranquebar
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1719, 23 February, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg dies aged 37, buried at the New Jerusalem Church
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In 1620, the village of Tranquebar was acquired for the Danish Crown, by the Danish Admiral
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1967, 14 January, Rt. Rev. Dr. A Carl Gustav Diehl ordained as fifth Bishop of Tranquebar
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1934, 14 February, Rt. Rev. Dr. Johannes Sandegren ordained as third Bishop of Tranquebar
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1999, 14 January, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thaveedu Aruldoss ordained as Tenth Bishop of Tranquebar
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Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, the Father of Modern Protestant Mission: An Indian Assessment
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1978, 14 January, Rt. Rev. Dr. Jayseelan Jacob ordained as Eighth Bishop of Tranquebar
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1975, 14 January, Rt. Rev. Lasarus Easter Raj ordained as Seventh Bishop of Tranquebar
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1707, 5 September, First Tamil person baptised, first Tamil school started for natives
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1972, 14 January, Rt. Rev. A John Satyanadhan ordained as Sixth Bishop of Tranquebar
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1928, 12 February, Rt. Rev. Dr. David Bexell ordained as second Bishop of Tranquebar
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An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe
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1921, 8 March, Rt. Rev. Dr. Ernst Heuman ordained as first Bishop of Tranquebar
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1707, 14 June, Corner stone for first Lutheran Mission, Jerusalem Church laid
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Royal Monogram of Frederick IV of Denmark, New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
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The baptism font has a pictorial motif by Pastor Jonas Smit, depicting a
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Ziegenbalg Leaving Tranquebar (p. 170, 1890), London Missionary Society
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History of the Tranquebar Mission worked out from the Original Papers
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1720, 19 March, J E Grundler dies, buried at the New Jerusalem Church
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The church is built in the shape of a cross, with teak wood from the
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1733, 28 December, Rev. Aaron, the first Tamil pastor, is ordained
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1717, 9 February, Foundation laid for the New Jerusalem Church
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missionary to land in India, sent as a royal missionary by
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1719, aged 37, and is buried in the New Jerusalem Church.
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The New Jerusalem Church at Tranquebar is built in the
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Foundation Stone in Danish (1717), New Jerusalem Church
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1716, 23 October, First seminary started by Ziegenbalg
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Tranquebar
Tamil Nadu
India
Denomination
TELC
Tradition
Lutheran
Pietism
Consecrated
Style
Danish
Groundbreaking
Bishop(s)
Tamil
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
Tranquebar
Danish India
Tranquebar Mission
tsunami of 2004
Ove Gjedde
Raghunatha Nayak
Tanjore Nayak Kingdom
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
Zion Church
Tamil
Portuguese
lingua franca
Francke Foundations

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