St. Margaret’s Church Lochee
Sunday Worship: 10.30am
The Sunday service is a Eucharist (holy communion) in the Anglican tradition.
All are welcome to join us in praise and prayer.
St. Margaret’s is a congregation of the Diocese of Brechin,
in the Scottish Episcopal Church
But wait!
What is the Scottish Episcopal Church?
Where is the Diocese of Brechin?
Who was Saint Margaret?
And why is this church named after her?
Read on!
The Scottish Episcopal Church is one of the historic churches of Scotland. It is a product both of the protestant reformation and of the catholic tradition. Each diocese comes under the authority of a bishop, who has been elected by the clergy and other members of the church.
For further information, visit https://www.scotland.anglican.org/who-we-are/about-us/introduction/
The Diocese of Brechin includes churches along the North bank of the Firth of Tay, up the coast as far as Muchalls (just to the North of Stonehaven), and inland as far as Brechin, Laurencekirk and Glenesk. it was founded by King David the 1st of Scotland, in the twelfth century.
For further information, visit https://www.thedioceseofbrechin.org/
King David the 1st was the youngest son of King Malcolm III and his wife, Queen Margaret. To find out more about Malcolm, visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/david_i.shtml
St. Margaret was an English princess who grew up as a refugee. She and her brother were born in exile in Eastern Europe, as her father fled abroad after the Danish invasion led by King Canute. Her family was able to return to England during the reign of Edward the Confessor, but became refugees again after the Norman invasion in 1066. Margaret became Queen of Scotland when she married King Malcolm III (Ceann Mòr). She was known for her tireless work for the Church, and revered on account of her care for the poor and sick. She was canonised a century and a half after her death. For further information, visit https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/St-Margaret/
St. Margaret’s, Lochee was founded as a mission charge in 1861, along with an Episcopalian school.
The church and school together were part of an extraordinary burst of activity overseen by the Rt. Rev. Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin from 1847 until his death in 1875.
The congregation was raised from the status of a mission charge to that of an incumbency in 1875, and moved to its present building in Ancrum Road in 1888.
Photograph by James Valentine (1815 - 1879) Scottish
Title: St Margaret's Episcopal Church, Lochee
Date: About 1870s
Materials: Albumen print
Measurements: 18.00 x 11.50 cm
Credit line: The MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund
Accession number: MMK.03939.282
Gallery: In Storage
