Well I need to update this post in my black and white series, no pictures for you and me. And yes, this is Versailles! where I lived for almost 10 years! I have written about my City in so many posts in my blog and needed to tell you about the other churches. Therefore, here is my take on the other churches of Versailles !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Church Sainte Bernadette des Petit Bois built 1930 in the quartier or neighborhood of Jussieu-Petits-Bois-Picardie at 7 rue Saint Nicolas. The first stone of what was then a chapel was laid on February 21, 1937. The presbytery was not built until 1963. This church became a parish on September 30, 1959. The main facade of triangular shape was pierced in its center by a bell tower pierced with rectangular bays. A triangular porch surmounted by a tympanum surmounted by a cross precedes the entrance. A front porch flanks the first porch.
The official Church Sainte Bernadette des Petit Bois: http://sainte.bernadette.free.fr/
The Church Saint Michel, 18 rue des Celestins, in the district of Porchefontaine, began as a chapel in 1908 to become a church in 1926. It is name Saint Michel because consecrated church on the saints day. Many musical concerts happened here all the time.
The facade of the main entrance is slanted and consists of a gable wall. The portal is slightly raised, accessible by a staircase. A clock surmounts the front door. The bell tower, pierced with bay windows, is at the crossroads of the entrance body and the nave. The sidewalls are supported by buttresses, and pierced with arched windows. Originally, a first chapel was built and inaugurated in 1908, and this is the front part in millstone. It became a parish in 1928. The church was enlarged in 1937 ,it is the part corresponding to the central nave.
The official Church Saint Michel: https://www.paroissesaintmichel.fr/
To celebrate the Roman liturgy you come to the Chapelle Notre Dame des Armees, at 10 impasse des Gendarmes, born out of the spirit to serve the soldiers in 1852 ,built in 1877 ,when the military no longer use it, the city took over, then fideles Catholiques took over and administered since 1988 under the Roman rituals of 1962. An association of prayers spiritually supports this soldier’s home. Pope Leo XIII, canonically erected an archconfraterny in 1875. Notre-Dame des Armées, which then had several thousand members throughout France. Neo-Gothic in style, it is located at number 10 Impasse des Gendarmes, near avenue de Paris and next to the Hôtel de Ville of Versailles; previously served by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint-Pierre, it is today priests of the diocese of Versailles who perform the offices there according to the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, aided in this by the canonical association of Saint John Bosco. On September 8, 1914, an apparition took place in this chapel to Marcelle Lanchon, 23, child of Mary who would become a nun, under the name of Sister Marie-France. It is an apparition of the Virgin, of Saint Teresa, of Saint Michael and of the Lord. The message concerns the love of the Virgin Mary for France, the invitation to pray for France and the Lord’s desire to reign over France. The Lord asks to see the image of his Sacred Heart reproduced on flags. Miss Marcelle Lanchon, a nun who had received the name of Sister Marie-France, born December 31, 1891 in Rouen, died October 20, 1933 in Les Chesnay (today Les Chesnay-Rocquecourt) in her community at 6 avenue de Bellevue. She would have witnessed Marian apparitions and the Sacred Heart in the Chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Armées and was a member of the Pious Union of Adorers of the Heart of Jesus. No canonical investigation by the bishop of the diocese has yet been opened, and the Catholic Church has not recognized these apparitions. She rests in the Notre-Dame cemetery; at 15 rue des missionionnaires in Versailles.
The Official Chapel Notre Dame des Armes: https://notredamedesarmees.com/
The Saint Mark’s Church ,an English Anglican speaking church in Versailles going back to 1814 at rue Peintre Lebrun, where there was a hospital caring for British soldiers, the church was built in the same spot in 1912. It is dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, It is attached to the Anglican Diocese of Gibraltar. It is believed that the origin of the Anglican Church at Versailles dates back to the purchase of a piece of land in 1710 by the then British Ambassador at the court of Louis XIV. However, there is no document attesting to this hypothesis. The first documentary trace that we know of dates back to 1814 and concerns the funeral of a British soldier who died in the hospital, just before the Battle of Waterloo. Between 1825 and 1859 the church rented the reformed church on rue Hoche. In 1860, the construction of a new building for St Mark’s Church, made of wood and iron, which is apparently the old iron church destroyed in the fire of 1911, was inaugurated. The tiny church was rebuilt in 1912 on the same site, and reopened on November 21. The Protestant Church of the Nazarene at rue Peintre Lebrun, In 1985, a large plot of land was purchased, along with an old house, at 31 rue du Pont Colbert on the outskirts of Versailles in the Porchefontaine district; the Saint Mark’s Church is now at 31 rue de Pont Colbert A large room of worship for 250 faithful was inaugurated on May 13, 2012. The old room of worship, now on the ground floor, will be used for group activities, such as catechism.
The official Saint Mark Church : http://saintmarksversailles.net/
The official Protestant Church of the Nazareen : http://www.nazareen.fr/nos-eacuteglises.html
At 3 rue Hoche you will find the Protestant Temple, it was a site to celebrate the feast of the king , and finally in 1821 the English Protestant community took over ,after many works including one that took them to do their rituals inside the castle by the cour des marbres, the temple is now recognised as cultural association according to the 1906 law of separation of state and church. About 1250 protestant families belong to the Temple today. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France. On May 24, 1821, under king Louis XVIII, the government authorized the establishment in Versailles of a Protestant church of the Anglican faith. It was established in 1926 at 3 rue Dauphine, since then renamed rue Hoche, in a former Catholic chapel. The chapel then dates from 1769, built under king Louis XIV on the site of the mansions of Marcillac, La Rochefoucauld and Conti to serve as a resting place during the Corpus Christi procession, which led from the Church Notre-Dame de Versailles (see posts) to the Royal Chapel of the castle (see post). Desecrated during the French revolution, the chapel was used as a meeting room and then as a temple for the Theo philanthropists. In February 9, 1828, under king Charles X, the government authorized French Protestants, of the Reformed and Lutheran faiths to celebrate their worship in the Anglican Church. From that time on, the temple was therefore a united Protestant church, bringing together in a spirit of openness and tolerance several denominations in the same temple. The current temple was built from 1880 to 1882, according to a sober and classic plan of Protestant architecture of the time, with an open Bible on the pediment.
The official Protestant United Church in Versailles: https://versailles.epudf.org/
There are many others too numerous to mention but will give you directions to stop by them in my gorgeous Versailles !
Chapelle de l’Ermitage, 1 Rue de l’Ermitage
Chapelle du Couvent des Sœurs servantes du Sacré Cœur,109 Avenue de Paris
Chapelle du Lycée Notre-Dame du Grandchamp,(chapel in a historic high school),97 Rue Royale
Chapelle du lycée Sainte-Geneviève (chapel in a historic high school),2 rue de l’Ecole-des-Postes
Chapelle Notre-Dame de l’Espérance, 37 rue du Maréchal Joffre
Chapelle Saint-François de Sales,9 Rue de l’École des Postes
Chapelle Saint-Joseph de Glatigny,29 Boulevard de Glatigny
Chapelle Saint-Maurice de la caserne Satory (Fesch), (military chapel) De la Martinière (Satory)
Église adventiste (Adventist Church), 22 rue des Réservoirs
Église Évangélique de Pentecôte(evangelical Pentecost) ,15 bis rue du Parc de Clagny
Mosquée de Versailles, 31 rue Jean Mermoz
Synagogue,10 Rue Albert Joly
And one no longer but very much walked by it so many times that is part of my stayed in Versailles, The former Couvent des Récollets convent was founded in the 17C for a branch of the Franciscans. Its original function ceased during the French revolution. In 1793, the convent was converted into a prison. It is located at 9 rue des Récollets, very near the palace of Versailles, It was built in 1684 under Louis XIV for the monks of the Franciscan order, chaplains to his armies. The Recollects form a branch of the Franciscan order, founded in the 16C and then reunited in 1897. Since the 19C, this building has been assigned to the French army. In 1914, the 5th Engineer Regiment left this site during the Great War or WWI. Its current use is the “Technical Service for Buildings, Fortifications, and Works,” one of the agencies of the Ministry of the Armed Forces. This site is not open to the public, except on certain occasions, such as Molière Month. In 1672-1673, as part of the preparation for the installation of the Court of France in Versailles, Louis XIV decided to remove the Saint-Julien church, the only church in Versailles at the time, and to build a new Saint-Julien church entrusted to the Récollets in a new district developed on the other side of the château, today’s Notre-Dame district.
There you go folks, a wonderful combination of architecture and history in royal beautiful my Versailles, A lot more to see in the City just walk and see wonderful things all around you, Part if not most of the history of Versailles is in its churches, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the other churches of Versailles !!! as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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