I was in Lagos from Abuja for my usual work, and so decided to go on a photo tour for my Nigerian friends in diaspora. A way of bringing back blessed memories and linking them back to motherland.
This is one of the pictures I took and a bit History I dug out about the object / subject in the pix.
::Christ Church Cathedral, Lagos, popularly known as the Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, is the oldest Anglican Cathedral in the Church Of Nigeria Anglican Communion and also one of the finest of Cathedrals in Africa. It is the seat of the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos and automatically the seat of the Bishop of Lagos.
Established in 1869, Christ Church stands on a prominent position on the CMS (Church Missionary Society) suburb of the Marina, of the Lagos Island, overlooking the Lagos lagoon.
Its current structure, which was completed in 1946, is the third church built to house its congregation and was designed by Architect Benjamin Bagandogi in a Norman Gothic style.
The growth of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) since the end of the Slave Trade has been a very rapid one.
History has it that, on April 1st 1839, the first set of returnees who were Christians sailed from freetown for Badagry, a former slave port in Western Nigeria. It was from their new abode that they took the initiative to ask for a missionary from the Welseyan Missionary Society.
It is interesting to know that within two centuries, Christianity and indeed Anglicanism, which started like child's play in Badagry, and Abeokuta has spread like wild fire to all nooks and crannies of our country Nigeria.
Although, Christianity came into Nigeria in the 15th century through the efforts of Augustinan and Capuchin monks from Portugal.
However, it was not until 1842 that Henry Townsend of the Church Missionary Society sowed the seed of Anglicanism properly when he landed in Badagry from Freetown Sierra Leone.
This masterpiece structure has continued to stand out in the midst of the bustling and hustling of markets around Marina, in Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos.
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http://www.thecathedrallagos.org/about-the-cathedral.php
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