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Christ Church Malacca 250th Anniversary
The Project's participants received, via the Royal Netherlands Embassy at Kuala Lumpur, an invitation to the 250th Anniversary thanksgiving service of Christ Church Malacca. This special service to commemorate the founding of this historic Church was held at the Anglican Church in Malacca on 13th December 2003.
Christ Church, formerly the Malacca Dutch Reformed Church, situated opposite the Stadthuys, once stood within the fort walls of the old town of Malacca. It is the oldest surviving Protestant Dutch Church building outside the Netherlands.
In 1741, to commemorate the centenary of the Dutch occupation of Malacca, the Malacca Dutch community began to build a new Church was only completed 12 years later, in 1753.
In 1838, the Church ceased to be the Dutch Reformed Church and the Bishop of Calcutta consecrated the Church to the rites of the Church of England. Its maintenance was finally taken over by the Government of the Straits Settlements in 1858.
During the Dutch rule of Malacca, the Church, like many other Dutch buildings in South East Asia were painted white. However, in 1911 the Christ Church and the Stadthuys were painted red by the British. Today, Malacca's so-called "red square" has become a familiar tourist landmark.
Within the Church, there exist a number of Dutch, Armenian and English memorial plaques. Old Malacca Dutch family names from the memorial plaques such as De Wind, Westerhout, Neubronner and Koek are from the same families that still exist in Malaysia and Singapore today.
Mr. Noordermer, First Secretary of the Royal Netherlands Embassy
with some of the Dutch descendants who attended the service.
The Project's participants received, via the Royal Netherlands Embassy at Kuala Lumpur, an invitation to the 250th Anniversary thanksgiving service of Christ Church Malacca. This special service to commemorate the founding of this historic Church was held at the Anglican Church in Malacca on 13th December 2003.
Christ Church, formerly the Malacca Dutch Reformed Church, situated opposite the Stadthuys, once stood within the fort walls of the old town of Malacca. It is the oldest surviving Protestant Dutch Church building outside the Netherlands.
In 1741, to commemorate the centenary of the Dutch occupation of Malacca, the Malacca Dutch community began to build a new Church was only completed 12 years later, in 1753.
In 1838, the Church ceased to be the Dutch Reformed Church and the Bishop of Calcutta consecrated the Church to the rites of the Church of England. Its maintenance was finally taken over by the Government of the Straits Settlements in 1858.
During the Dutch rule of Malacca, the Church, like many other Dutch buildings in South East Asia were painted white. However, in 1911 the Christ Church and the Stadthuys were painted red by the British. Today, Malacca's so-called "red square" has become a familiar tourist landmark.
Within the Church, there exist a number of Dutch, Armenian and English memorial plaques. Old Malacca Dutch family names from the memorial plaques such as De Wind, Westerhout, Neubronner and Koek are from the same families that still exist in Malaysia and Singapore today.
Mr. Noordermer, First Secretary of the Royal Netherlands Embassy
with some of the Dutch descendants who attended the service.