Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland.
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13 Facts About Canongate Kirk
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The trade incorporations of the Canongate Kirk supported the construction and were rewarded with the right to nominate its minister.
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White's ministry encompassed the First World War, during which, every available man on the Canongate Kirk signed up and 90 members of the congregation lost their lives.
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Architecturally, the Canongate Kirk has a Dutch-style end gable and a curious, small doric-columned portico over the entrance.
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The end gable is topped with a golden cross inside a pair of antlers, the now obsolete coat of arms of the Canongate Kirk, first placed on the apex of the roof in 1824 and replaced by those from a stag shot at Balmoral by King George VI in 1949.
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The Canongate Kirk's interior was extensively remodelled in 1882, with the inclusion of a pipe organ and a central pulpit.
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The Canongate Kirk was further restored in 1991 by the Stewart Todd partnership, followed by the installation of a new Danish-built Frobenius pipe organ in 1998, in memory of the late Very Rev Dr Ronald Selby Wright.
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Canongate Kirk has an active congregation, conducting two worship services each Sunday.
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The Canongate Kirk was previously the regimental chapel of The Royal Scots Regiment of the British Army and is the regimental chapel of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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Canongate Kirk has been served by several well-known former ministers, two having served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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Canongate Kirk campaigned to end the slave trade and is famous for the painting by Henry Raeburn The Skating Minister which shows Walker skating on Duddingston loch.
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Canongate Kirk has a small but thriving Sunday School that takes place at the 10am Family Service.
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From 1592 to 1867 Canongate Kirk was populous enough to merit a "second charge" who would give a later service within the same church: notable second charge ministers were:.
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