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Religious Buildings in Birmingham
Guide Location: England » Birmingham
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 3 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 8.4 km
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Author: VictoriaP
Birmingham offers a variety of religious buildings from beautiful upgraded cathedrals to old churches; for example, Birmingham Central Mosque is one of the largest in Europe. History and religion meet in Birmingham's churches with wonderful views and beautiful parks in which to rest.
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Orthodox Cathedral
1) Orthodox Cathedral
The Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew is a Greek Orthodox cathedral on Summer Hill Terrace in Birmingham, England, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew. It was designed in 1873 by J.A. Chatwin who worked on many of Birmingham's churches and cathedrals. It is a brick Gothic revival church in the Early English style. The interior consists of heavy brick arches on stout columns and clerestory windows between clustered wall shafts supporting a high arched roof. The church also has a Greek school for children who wish to learn the Greek language.
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St. Paul's Church
2) St. Paul's Church
St Paul’s is a church in the Georgian St Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. The Grade I listed church was designed by Roger Eykyn of Wolverhampton. It is a rectangular church with excellent acoustics and has long given concerts, among them, the currently popular monthly organ recital series 'Thursday Live' by Paul Carr. The east window has an important 1791 enamelled stained glass window made in 1791 by Francis Eginton from a painting by Benjamin West, now in the Dallas Museum of Art, that shows the Conversion of Paul.
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St. Chad's Cathedral
3) St. Chad's Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of Saint Chad is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham. The cathedral, which is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia, was the first Roman Catholic cathedral to be built after the English Reformation. The cathedral is in a green public space near Birmingham Snow Hill station and is located on what is now called St. Chad's Queensway after the cathedral, in central Birmingham and it is a Grade II listed building. It is one of only three minor basilicas in England.
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St. Philip's Cathedral
4) St. Philip's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. St Philip's was built in the early 18th century in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer and is located on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England.The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. St Philip's is surrounded by a churchyard; six of the monuments there have heritage listings, including one commemorating two men who died during the construction of Birmingham Town Hall and a memorial to the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings.
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St Martin Church
5) St Martin Church
The church of St Martin in the Bull Ring in Birmingham, England is a parish church in the Church of England. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The floor tiles are Victorian Minton and display the quartered arms of the de Bermingham family. The exterior is built of rockfaced grimshill stone. The interior is of sandstone and an open timber roof. The beams are decorated with fine tracery and end in large carvings of angels. St Martin as part of the Bull Ring development is open to visitors from 10:00 to 17:00 every day.
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Birmingham Central Mosque
6) Birmingham Central Mosque
Birmingham Central Mosque is a mosque in the Highgate area of Birmingham, England, run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust, and is one of the largest Muslim centres in Europe. The mosque is open to people of all religious affiliations, men and women, and its main prayer halls currently hold between 3,500 and 4,000 people during a Friday service. Since the mosque's establishment, it has become a focal point for the Birmingham Muslim community, providing education for children and adults, lectures and seminars, counselling and a marriage bureau along with sporting and recreational activities and workshops.
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St Bartholomew's Church
7) St Bartholomew's Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston, also known as Edgbaston Old Church, is a parish church in the Church of England in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The Grade II listed church is Medieval, but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. The chancel, chapels and north arcade were added in 1885 by J. A. Chatwin, who is buried in the churchyard. His grave monument, along with those of William Hoddinott, Jane Bellis and Catherine Chavasse is Grade II listed. The tower contains a ring of eight bells that are rung by the Birmingham University Society of Change Ringers during term time.
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Birmingham Oratory
8) Birmingham Oratory
The Birmingham Oratory is a Catholic oratory and church, on the Hagley Road, Birmingham, England. The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 in the Baroque style as a memorial to Cardinal Newman, founder of the English Oratory. It is also known as Little Rome in Birmingham. The Grade II listed church is served by the Congregation of the Oratory, who also serve the Brompton Oratory in London and the Oxford Oratory. J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings, worshipped here for about seven years.
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