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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 ...
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The church tower dates from mediaeval times, making it the oldest surviving building in Inverness. It is used by the Church of Scotland congregation of Old High St Stephen's, Inverness, [138] and it is the venue for the annual Kirking of the council, which is attended by local councillors.
There are larger numbers of extant qualifying structures from 1200 onwards and separate lists for 13th-century castles and religious buildings are provided. As the oldest buildings in many of the council areas in the more urbanised Central Belt date from after the 14th century, a separate list showing oldest buildings by council area is provided.
Pages in category "Churches in Inverness" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Old High St Stephen's; S. St Mary's, Inverness;
[1] The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the world, [2] while the archaeological remains of both the Aqaba Church and the Megiddo church have been considered to be the world's oldest known purpose-built church, erected in the Roman Empire's administrative Diocese of the East in the 3rd century.
The church was opened on 2 April 1837. Earlier, local members of the Catholic Church in Scotland had worshipped on Margaret Street, with the Mission separated from Eskdale in 1827, and it was known in the town "as a place where Lord Lovat and the tinkers worshipped". [1] There were said to be about 400 Catholics in Inverness in 1846.
In 1929, with many other United Free churches, Inverness East Church, returned to the Church of Scotland. The Church's parish included some of the city centre of Inverness, as well as the Longman, Drakies and Raigmore areas. Within the Raigmore estate, they have an outreach post known as 'The Shack' which was a former rent office for the estate.